Harewood crime watch seeing success; RCMP caution against going too far
NANAIMO — Everyone in Harewood always knew where a specific white RV was parked.
It’s a constant fixture in crime watch groups on Facebook centered on the Harewood neighbourhood.
“It was kind of a game, sort of like Where’s Waldo,” Derek Goring told NanaimoNewsNOW. He’s the admin for the Nanaimo and Harewood Crime Watchdogs Facebook group, where concerned community members post about criminal activity they’ve seen in Harewood. Goring started the group after living in Harewood for a year and had both his and his girlfriend’s car broken into.
Since then, he said the group has picked up a substantial amount of momentum and sits at over 300 members since starting in October 2017.