Officer Richard Ferguson investigates all crimes that originate with youth: bullying, drugs and local theft. The CPS feels that assigning one officer to the responsibility ensures efficiency as continuity and local knowledge is essential to successful investigation and monitoring.

Liaising closely with the staff of the local High Schools and parole officers and even sitting in some 'restorative justice' sessions, Officer Ferguson knows that by keeping in close touch with vulnerable youth and their teachers and mentors he can keep as near as possible to youth crimes, thus ensuring a quick resolution of problems. Cobourg is well served by this process.