Missing Indigenous Women Inquiry
Right up to the last federal election the Canadian government held firm to the position that an inquiry on the subject of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada was not needed. The government believed that the problem could be dealt with by way of criminal justice reforms. Criminal justice incorporates law enforcement,...
UPDATED: Missing teen found
RCMP Cpl Jason Burndred has good news in the case of the missing person from Winlaw. In a media release Sunday afternoon, Burndred said 16-year-old Quinlan Kruse has been found after going missing Friday. "Quinlan Kruse has been located and is well," Burndred said in the release. Brundred said RCMP wanted to thank everyone ...
RANT: Are investigative delays a form of torture against cops, loved ones, and the public at large?
I’ve wracked my brain on this issue, but I can’t see any other way to get the government’s attention on this issue, the issue being what I perceive to be outrageous delays in IIO investigations of officer-involved fatal shootings in our area (for the background story, click here): I think the RCMP members in question […]
Investigations into local officer-involved fatal shootings still incomplete
The Independent Investigations Office is responsible for investigating two officer-involved fatal shootings in the region in the past two years. In a second interview, conducted this week (the first was in March of 2015, to read that story, click here ) the Source again asked why the investigations were taking so long (to put...
Alarming stats in 2015 says West Kootenay Traffic Services
John Ferguson of the West Kootenay Traffic Services said police is concerned heading into the New Year after RCMP saw an increase in impaired driving charges in 2015. "Our impaired driving charges increased by 35 percent and our 1, 3 and 7 day alcohol suspensions increased by 100 per cent," Ferguson said in a year-end media...
ICBC urges drivers to plan safe rides for NYE & shares best tales from designated drivers
On New Year's Eve, an average of two people are killed — 30 people are injured in 100 crashes in the Southern Interior — and 200 are injured in more than 600 crashes every year on B.C. roads.* In the last five years, three people have also been killed in impaired driving related crashes on New Year's Eve.** During the holidays,...
Suspect rams cop car, flees in kayak
What started out as a traffic stop on Old Spallumcheen Road near Sicamous BC, ended with Sicamous RCMP and an RCMP dog handler tracking a suspect in the Mara Lake area. “At around 2:30 a.m. on Dec 28, a Sicamous RCMP officer had his marked police cruiser rammed by a vehicle that he had stopped […]
Nothing at all routine about this traffic stop near Sicamous
RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said a routine traffic stop turned into a police manhunt after the driver of a vehicle rammed marked police cruiser early Monday (December 28) morning. Dan Moskaluk said the incident began at 2:30 a.m. Monday during a traffic stop n Old Spallumcheen Road near Sicamous. "A Sicamous RCMP officer had his...
RCMP ask for public assistance following rash of thefts in Crescent Valley
Nelson RCMP is asking the public to be on the lookout for people responsible for a rash of thefts in the area of Crescent Valley during the past few weeks. Const. Bill Long of the Nelson RCMP said in a media release the bandits strike at anytime of the day. “The break enter and thefts […]
Police incident concludes with Salmon Arm RCMP pulling man out of burning residence
No one was injured after RCMP rescued a man from a burning building Sunday evening at an Eagle Bay area home near Salmon Arm. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a media release the barricaded man was pulled out of the building by Salmon Arm RCMP officers after he set fire the to the residence. "Salmon Arm RCMP responded to a...
