Columbia Valley RCMP Report

A local citizen alerted the Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment to the continuing common scam of receiving letters or faxes with requests for confidential business relationships. Somebody keeps getting a great deal of money and wants you to be the benefactor to the sum of $77.5 Million. Don’t know why they bother to put the .5 in there. Anyways, they just want you to send in your banking information and they will give you 20% of the money. One request is to keep this to yourself and to be safe, the letter confirms that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks.

Party turned down

Columbia Valley Detachment attended to a noisy party complaint on Radium Hill Road at 12:55 a.m. on May 26.  The male responsible for the party co-operated and the music and noise was turned down.

Curfew broken; jail the result

Also on May 26, a 29-year-old male was arrested when he was found to be outside past his 11 p.m. curfew in relation to a previous charge. The male was held in custody to be taken before a Justice of the Peace.

Scooter nicked from Windermere

On May 27 the Columbia Valley Detachment received a complaint of theft of a red and black Baja scooter. The scooter was stolen from the 1400 block of North Street in Windermere.

ATV stolen at Fairmont

The Columbia Valley Detachment received a complaint of a 2012 Polaris ATV with Alberta plates being stolen at 10:30 a.m. on May 27. The ATV was taken from the Hoodoo Campground in Fairmont Hot Springs.

Unlocked vehicles targeted at Fairmont

Also on May 27, around the same time as the above theft was reported, the Detachment was advised that a number of unlocked vehicles parked in the Hoodoo Campgrounds were entered and a number of articles stolen. Included in the stolen items were Oakley sunglasses and a TomTom GPS.

Summer camping season is easy prey for thieves as many campers leave their guard down and leave valuable items in the open. Campground owners/managers should be arranging for their own security patrols if they are in a position to do so.

Scrappy debaters spend night in jail

While conducting foot patrols around closing time outside the local bars, police observed two males fighting.  Police separated the two 19-year-old rookie-aged-bar-drinking males and requested they simply depart the area. Being rookie bar-aged-drinkers with a low level of intelligence, they decided to argue with the officers and refused to leave. In fact they wanted to debate the issue. Unbeknownst to these two males both Csts. Ralph and Myers were champion debaters in college. Both were obliged with spending the night in cells and given a ticket in the morning with being drunk in a public place.

You told me to shut up

Cpl. Phil Sullivan, our police dog officer, during our recent open house, shared a story with me over lunch about an incident with his previous dog, Bo. I assured him the story would remain in my confidence!  Bo was an excellent aggressive police dog. When not working Bo, the big tough police dog stays with Phil and his family in his home. As a police dog he is not treated like a normal pet in the neighborhood and allowed to go out and play with all the other dogs and people in the ‘hood. Any animal or person using his street, his sidewalk would receive the wrath of his authority in loud aggressive barks. Bo would get strange looks from the other animals and owners obviously thinking Bo was a little obnoxious and loud anytime they got near his house.  Phil took notice of this behaviour and on one particular occasion had to discipline Bo and put him in his place. Bottom line to Bo was, keep your mouth shut. Had to clue Bo in that when he’s working, it’s his street, his sidewalk but at home you’re just another dog enjoying the day off like him. When a police dog is disciplined for not behaving they pretty much get it.

Unlike a dog I know, Taz. Bo happens to have his pen outside near the garage where the family car is parked. One particular morning around 5 a.m., Phil gets a call from police dispatch wondering why the police are involved in a high speed chase with his wife’s car. “Impossible,” Phil replies as he walks to the window to confirm the wife’s car is parked.  No, it’s gone – stolen.  Phil goes outside and sees the broken glass on the ground.  Bo of course is sitting up alert to the fact Phil is outside.  I have no doubt if he could, as police dogs are pretty smart, he would have used sign language to say: “you told me to shut up, so I shut up.”  So off Phil and Bo go to join the chase to retrieve the family car. With lights and sirens blowing, Bo is now barking up a storm.

S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac,

Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment

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