RCMP sees increase in calls for service in 2017
Grand Forks RCMP responded to a increase in calls for services during the past year said Sgt. Jim Fenske. He said calls for service increased from 3,000 (2016) to 3,353 (2017). Of these calls for service: 168 were false/abandoned 911 calls 216 were false alarms 93 were animal calls 292 were traffic calls Criminal Code offences...
Police look to target bigger fish this year: detachment commander
The city’s police will be going after number one this year. The Grand Forks RCMP has served notice that they will be making it apriority this year to tackle the city’s biggest issue: property crime. It should be no surprise that the biggest issue in Grand Forks isproperty crime related to drug use and abuse, said Grand Forks...
Mounties and police dog Dave catch suspect in the act
Chilliwack: An alert Chilliwack RCMP officer and a determined police dog caught a suspect as he fled from a vehicle after allegedly failing to stop for police. On April 6, police were nearby when a driver crashed his vehicle into the front yard of a residence in the 46000-block of Portage Avenue. The driver abandoned the...
RCMP release crime stats for Grand Forks in 2017
Grand Forks RCMP released its Crime statistics and Calls for Service for the past year in a media release Wednesday. RCMP said in 2017 several Crime Reduction strategies were introduced at Boundary Regional RCMP in Grand Forks. “We saw an increase in Property Crime in the area and we focused on recommending charges on prolific...
BREAKING: Hit-and-run suspect faces laundry list of charges
A 27-year-old man is facing a variety of charges after allegedly hitting a pedestrian and her dog while driving drunk, according to Castlegar top cop Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "On April 5, 2018 at 9:20 p.m, Castlegar RCMP responded to a complaint of a hit-and-run where a female pedestrian and her dog were struck by a truck and ...
OP/ED Rant: An open letter to Chief Civilian Director of the IIO, one Ronald J. MacDonald
Thank you, Ms . Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Dear Ronald J. MacDonald: How do I loathe thee? You’d better believe I’m about to count the ways. I loathe thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach … and here’s why. First off, in the same fairness I showed Const. Tait, I want to be clear to my readers that I have...
Four people jailed after Fruitvale crime spree
Acrime spree that began yesterday in Fruitvale ended in Creston this morning, according to Trail top cop, RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. "On April 3, at 12:54 p..m., the RCMP were called to a robbery at a local hotel room in Fruitvale," Oelke said. "Police determined that a group of four individuals robbed a local man of his vehicle...
BREAKING: Castlegar cop to face manslaughter charges in connection to shooting
The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) announced today that a charge of manslaughter using a firearm has been approved against a member of the West Kootenay Traffic Unit of the RCMP in relation to a shooting which occurred during an attempted traffic stop near Castlegar on January 29, 2015. (For details, see...
Cops cleared in Slocan fatal shooting after more-than-three-year investigation
In a 12-page report issued March 29, the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has exonerated two police officers in the shooting death of 45-year-old Slocan man Peter DeGroot. The report, issued by Chief Civilian Director Ronald J. MacDonald, comes more than three years after the fatal altercation. “While it is unfortunate...
UPDATE: Brutalized dog on the mend
Rusty, a three-year-old Shar-pei-Labrador cross found with a chain deeply embedded in his neck, is recovering nicely, according to Kris Lee, animal care attendent at BC SPCA's East Kootenay Branch in Cranbrook. Rusty was found near Yahk March 10, and brought to the branch, which then issued a press release asking for help, ...
