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Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac
The male blew a fail
On July 13, a 33-year-old male from Red Deer, Alberta was checked operating a 2005 Chrysler on Athalmer Street by a Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment officer. The driver displayed signs of having consumed liquor. An ASD demand (400) was given and the male blew a fail. The driver was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and his vehicle impounded for 30 days.
Mistake
Fender benders happen and often you just have to exchange your driver’s licence and vehicle registration and report the accident to ICBC.
We experience times when the offending driver requests that he will pay you directly for the damage or have a friend fix the damage. The offending driver wishes to keep his/her safe driving discount intact. The cost of the deductible and loss of a certain percentage of one’s safe driving discount can be much more expensive in the long run. I was once the nice guy and said ok.
Once we settled I later found out there was $100 of further damage. Since I settled, I did not chase him for the money. Should you experience this scenario the answer to deal with any fender bender, this is not the way to go.
Go through your insurance and get the vehicle repaired. The offending driver can still save his safe driving discount by contacting your insurance company and pay them direct. By paying the insurance company direct they are still able to retain the safe driving discount and hence not be penalized for the accident.
Scam alert
A friendly fellow may call you up and advise you that you are the lucky winner of $3 million dollars. You just have to send him $500 to get the money to you.
Unique found ring
A very unique ring was turned into the office with an inscription on the inside. From looking at the ring I suspect someone is in the doghouse. Come to the office and properly describe the inscription and you are out of the doghouse.
Heart of the Rockies Triathlon
Bruce Stroud and his gang of volunteers did another bang up job with the Triathlon. For the amount of participants there were no traffic issues. However, if anyone found reading glasses on the ground return it to me. Reward offered.
KNP crash
At 8:24 p.m. on July 11, police attended a single vehicle accident in Kootenay National Park, 70 km north of Radium. A 2004 Nissan pulling a trailer lost control and went into the ditch. A 45-year old male driver from Canmore went out to pass and the trailer started to go out of control. Minor injuries received to the occupants.
Assault and breach of undertaking
At 12:59 a.m. on July 12, the detachment investigated an assault complaint resulting in a 43-year-old male from Invermere being charged with assault and breach of undertaking.
Pension secured / keeping it serious
It is nice to have a secure feeling that I can at times let my mouth get the best of me having the realization that my pension is secure. When someone leaves me an opening I have this canny ability or lack of discipline to simply keep my mouth shut. Happens more often at work than with the public.
A while back all the commanders and our bosses attended a leadership lecture. During the session the civilian instructor often referred to a number of books and authors that he read, as well as numerous studies that he has researched. Very obvious that this fellow had all the qualifications and was clearly a well-read person given the authors and books he would mention throughout his lecture.
During this session he would have us break into small groups to solve a problem posed to us. I was called upon to provide our group’s solution to a problem. Mistake.
I got up in front of the group and advised the lecturer that I, too, am a well-read person and recently read an article in an unmentionable magazine that just so happened to deal with this issue.
The class, including the instructor, burst out laughing. However, when I looked down at my boss he had his head under the table explaining that he was tying his shoes and didn’t hear anything.
