Columbia Valley RCMP Report

From Sept 11-13 the Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment received numerous complaints of a large bear roaming the area around Eileen Madson Primary School School. This bear seemed to have at its disposal a great deal of food available as well as garbage.

This is the time of year that bears and their cubs are beefing up to prepare for the winter.  A number of people were walking about the area as well as kids departing school. Patrols were made and people cautioned as patrols were unable to locate the bear.

In the evening on the 12th the bear was spotted in a tree and people were advised to leave the area in hopes the bear would depart on its own. The bear continued to remain in the area and we received numerous sightings. On Sept 13, again with kids departing school and the amount of foot traffic there was a serious probability that our luck would run out.  A decision was made to destroy the bear.

Detachment and Conservation are also receiving reports of bears coming into the Village area in Radium.

Stolen truck found near Brisco

At 9:35 a.m. on Sept. 11, the Columbia Valley Detachment received a report of an abandoned vehicle at the rest stop on Hwy 93/95 at Brisco. A detachment member attended and determined that the 2011 grey Chevrolet Silverado was reported stolen the same day from High River, Alta.

Man charged for assaulting teen

At 4 p.m. on Sept. 14 Columbia Valley Detachment received a report of an assault on a 13-year-old that appeared to be family related. The investigation resulted in a 44-year-old adult male being charged with assault. The male will appear in Invermere Provincial Court on Dec 10.

Substance seized, no charges laid

At 2:15 a.m. on Sept. 15, Columbia Valley Detachment members attended to a group of youths located behind one of the local bars in town. A backpack, with a small amount of white crystal powder in it, was located on the ground that went unclaimed by anyone.  Substance seized, no charges laid.

Drunken man found on ground

At 4:35 a.m. that same morning RCMP attended to a call to assist the local ambulance attendants in regards to an intoxicated male found on the ground near the Heron Point condos. The male was checked by BC ambulance and it was determined that he could attend to unit in the same condo.

Search for fight in Windermere

At 9:59 p.m., Columbia Valley Detachment members were called to a complaint of disturbance and possibly a fight in the Windermere area. Patrols in the area at the time proved negative.

Bear banger confused with shot fired

At 11 p.m., detachment members received a complaint of a possible gunshot being fired near Dincey Rd. Patrols at the time proved negative but a witness came forward advising that a bear banger was discharged around the same time.

Smashed window smasher mashed

Columbia Valley Detachment received a complaint at 5:10 p.m. on Sept. 17 of what was described as a home invasion where an assault was ongoing in the Industrial Park.  A description of suspect vehicles involved was provided at which time police were familiar with the probable persons involved.

Attendance was made and the suspect vehicle was seen leaving the area. This vehicle was stopped and five people were arrested and detained at the scene; three adult males and two females. Police attended to the residence while subjects remained in custody and as a result of the investigation a 19-year-old male from Invermere was charged with mischief and his licence suspended and the vehicle impounded for 90 days as a result of blowing a fail.

It was determined that the other people were not directly involved in the window being broken. The investigation is continuing to determine if further charges would be laid.  The 19-year-old male remained in custody until the following morning to sober up.

Weapon of choice

I have found that over the years my best weapon to get myself out of any potential problems has always been my mouth.

Not that I often have to talk myself out of trouble but I can usually talk someone else out of trouble. They calm down and the matter is resolved. Just never know when the problem is going to surface and you have to be prepared.

Case-in-point: I am driving down the highway and the wife, for obvious good reason, is talking on my passenger ear side, making a point and correcting me on something I was once again wrong with. Her point was well articulated as they normally are, and I agreed. I capitulated (surrendered) and told her, point made no need to continue her words of wisdom.

Problem is after I concede, she wants to do a victory lap and carry on for another 30 seconds.  As I am in the habit, after 15 seconds I will finally turn my head for eye contact and verbally wave the white flag indicating I agree; no need to continue.

Around the 30 second mark, if she carries on with the victory lap, I will snap.

Now she’s ticked and comments, “well I guess we are off to a bad day are we.”  Without hesitation, don’t know where this came from, husband instincts or police training, my immediate response was “even a bad day with you is always a good day for me.”

I get a smirk indicating she’s happy with that. Inside, I am giving myself high fives, you da man, where the hell did that come from, great come back. You never know when your training comes in handy. Husbands in the valley, feel free to plagiarize.

S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac

Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment

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