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Shots fired report in Edgewater
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
At 7:50 p.m. on June 7, Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment members responded to a complaint of possible shots being fired in the area of the lagoon in Edgewater. Patrols of the area proved negative.
Fail in Invermere for Edmonton man
Also on June 7, at 11:13 p.m., a vehicle check of a ‘99 Dodge Durango on 13th Street and 7th Avenue in Invermere resulted in the 28-year-old driver from Edmonton displaying signs of having consumed liquor. An ASD demand was read and the driver blew a fail twice. As a result the vehicle was impounded and the driver’s licence suspended.
Fail in Invermere for Canal Flats man
At 12:19 a.m. on June 8, Columbia Valley RCMP conducted a road check for possible impaired drivers on 7th Ave. and 9th St. A vehicle was observed to detour away from the check. A police vehicle departed the road check and stopped the ‘91 Chevrolet pickup. The-35-year old driver from Canal Flats was found to have consumed liquor. An ASD demand resulted in the male blowing a fail twice. As a result the vehicle was impounded for 30 days and his drivers licence suspended for 90 days.
Fail in Invermere for Calgary man
At 2:03 a.m. June 8, while patrolling the downtown area, officers checked a 2007 Toyota in the 700 block of 13th St. The 26-year-old driver from Calgary displayed symptoms of having consumed liquor. An ASD demand was given and the driver twice blew a fail. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days and his licence suspended for 90 days.
Ehhhhhh! – wrong answer
At 1 p.m. on June 8, a ‘98 Plymouth Voyager was stopped on Highway 93/95 as a result of going through a stop sign without stopping. The vehicle was checked near a Dry Gulch turnoff. A 50-year-old male provided a false name to avoid an outstanding arrest warrant out of Sicamous.
The male insisted on continuing to provide a false name. In an attempt to fool the police he provided a birthday of 1961. Cst Harper requested the male quickly give his age to which he responded he was 50-years-old. (Buzzer sound); wrong answer. When advised of the wrong answer the male stated he suffers from amnesia, hence his confusion. (Buzzer sound); wrong answer. Photographs faxed from Sicamous confirmed the true identity.
So, (buzzer sound), sound of the cell door opening. The 50-year-old male was charged with no driver’s licence, no insurance, fail to stop for a stop sign and a Criminal Code charge of obstruction for providing a false name. The male will appear in Invermere court August 19 on the obstruction charge.
There’s a theme here – fail for High River man
A Columbia Valley officer checked a ‘91 GMC Suburban as a result of failing to stop at an intersection at 1:35 a.m. on June 9.
The 22-year-old driver from High River, Alta. displayed signs of having consumed liquor. An ASD demand was given and the male blew a fail twice. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days and his licence suspended for 90 days.
Early knocking brings police
At 4:30 a.m., Columbia Valley Detachment members were contacted as a result of an unknown male banging on the door of a residence in the 1700 block, 12th Ave. It is believed the male was intoxicated. The owner of the residence feared that the male was attempting to break into the house. Police attended and were unable to locate the male. The residence was cleared by police to ensure entry was not gained.
Knowledge of old Ritz Motel fire sought
At 4:58 p.m. on June 9, Radium Hot Springs Fire Department and RCMP attended to a structure file of an abandoned motel in Radium. The cause of the fire is not determined.
Witnesses did indicate that around the same time they could hear fireworks coming from the area of the motel.
Anyone with any information in regards to this fire on Stanley Street is requested to contact the detachment.
Cram the Cruiser test run a success
The inaugural test of Cram the Cruiser sponsored by Radium Sunrise Rotary and the detachment during Radium Days, the parade on Friday and events on Saturday near Brent’s Shack was in my opinion a huge success.
The entire back seat of the cruiser was jammed with food items as well as the front seat. We also collected approximately $120 in cash along the parade route. This first test run tells me that this project is going to help our food bank.
Our thanks to all those who crammed the cruiser. As word catches on I can see that we will have to open up the trunk also to accept food items. If you have an event and you want to include and ask people to contribute to the food bank give me a call. Radium Car Show people, July 1st parade organizers give me a shout at the office. We will ensure we are there.
Warped sense of humor
If there is one thing that police work has done to me over several years is to develop, at times, a dark, warped sense of humor. We keep it to ourselves. However, every now and then it slips out to my normal friends and they get worried for me.
One day while bored with reviewing files I decided to speak from the grave. Some of our files, depending on the crime, will have a shelf life of 70-90 years before they could be destroyed. While working in Golden a few years ago I was reviewing one particular file that I concluded that would now sit in our file room for eventual destruction in 70 years or more.
The review of the file and my comments would be the first page some officer will review before destroying the file. So I decided, what the hell? The page this officer will review in the distant future goes like this; “hello, my name is Cpl. Marko Shehovac and by the time you read this I’m dead. Thought I would just chat with you.”
I then proceeded to let this future Mountie know about my history growing up, when I joined the RCMP and some of my postings. At the end I wished this future Mountie all the best in his/her career. This will either cause the Mountie in question to visit a doctor or it will be an interesting topic of discussion at the dinner table. My vision is he/she would Google my name, get my picture and call the surrounding officers to try to explain to them that this is the guy who just talked to me from the grave.
S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac,
Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment
Ritz Motel fire images by Brenda Braund-Read
Lead photo of S/Sgt. Shehovac driving the cruiser in the Radium Days Parade by Carrie Schafer/Through My Eyes photography
