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Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Cpl. Grant Simpson
Columbia Valley RCMP responded to approximately 51 calls for service over the past week. Here are a few interesting ones.
Police have to kick in door
On April 16, at 2:35 a.m., Columbia Valley RCMP was dispatched to an abandoned 911 call in the 4000 block of Stanley St. in Radium Hot Springs.
The complainant reported to have been beat up by his friend. Members attended to where the complainant told the 911 dispatcher he was located, and also his address according to the police computer database. Police knocked several times, enough so that a neighbour came out of an adjacent unit and also knocked and attempted to call the complainant.
Police and dispatch also attempted to call the complainant, without answer. Concerned for his health and safety, police kicked in the complainant’s door. He was found in the residence, with a gash to the back of his head, bleeding on his pillow. EHS recommended he attend the hospital to get stitches (he had a deep cut approximately one inch wide), but the complainant refused and signed EHS’s form refusing their service. The complainant was upset that his door got kicked in, but didn’t want charges against his friend/attacker. His friend was spoken too, deemed a consensual fight, so no charges.
Moral of the story: If you call 911 describing yourself as injured and bleeding, after a fight, answer your phone or your door when assistance arrives.
Abandoned vehicle towed
On April 16, at 12:18 p.m., dispatch reported to the Columbia Valley RCMP an abandoned vehicle on Baltac Road and Hill Top Road in Invermere. The vehicle was a green 2005 Toyota Sienna. The registered owner was identified via the attached BC license plates. The complainant reported that the Toyota had been parked there since April 11. The right rear bumper was missing /damaged and the left front bumper was also damaged. Photos were taken. Police attempted to contact the owner; however, all numbers were unsuccessful. The Toyota was impeding the proper flow of traffic so a local wrecker was called and towed the Toyota. Police contacted a relative of the owner who contacted them and informed them their Toyota was towed by police.
Trespass issue solved
On April 16, Columbia Valley RCMP spoke with a 68-year-old Radium male who reported that a 20-year-old from Invermere continually drives on his property (acreage) behind the Radium Golf Course. The complainant advised he has 20 acres and the sole access to the dam, which is the water supply to the Radium Golf Course. He stated that employees have permission and access to the dam by using his property but only for maintenance.
The 20-year-old male does work part time at the golf course but does not do maintenance and has been abusing this rule. The complainant advised that he has told the young man that he can’t rip around on the property but he not so politely has told the complainant that he will continue doing so. Police spoke to the young man who stated that when he accesses the property it is for work related purposes though he is not always in a work truck or uniform. He was of the belief that the property was Radium Golf Course land and insinuated that the complainant has some mental health issues.
Police advised the young man to clear up the land issue and if the land belongs to the complainant’s, to stay off of it when asked unless accessing the dam for the golf course. The young man stated that he understood and would try to confirm who owned the land where he was driving. The complainant was updated and advised that he believes the young man knows the land is his and will be talking to Radium Golf Course employees to clear the issue up.
