New Brunswick police no longer investigating most thefts of fuel from gas stations

Police officers across New Brunswick are no longer investigating thefts of fuel from service stations unless there is a threat to public safety.Earlier this month, the New Brunswick Association of Chiefs of Police sent a letter to petroleum retailers across the province, saying the change was needed because there are more effective ways of dealing with the steady increase in fuel thefts.The association’s president, Woodstock police Chief Gary Forward, says this type of crime can be prevented by introducing provincial legislation that would require customers to pay before they fill up, as is already the case in Alberta and British Columbia.