POLICE SCRAMBLE TO DEAL WITH SURGE IN CRIME

Winnipeg’s police chief says officers are being reallocated to different duties to help the city deal with increased violence and property crime. “Our community is reeling, really, and our organization is reeling here. A lot of people just can’t make sense of what’s going on right now,” Danny Smyth said Friday. “The level of violence, the level of property crime — it’s bad. It’s alarming for all of us.” There have been 40 homicides in Winnipeg so far this year — one fewer than the 2011 record. Eleven of those occurred in the last 30 days.