Columbia Valley RCMP Report

On Jan. 10 the Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment received a complaint of theft of a sum of money from the Windermere Family Pantry. The investigation is continuing.

Fernie woman crashes near Edgewater

Columbia Valley Detachment responded to a single vehicle accident on Highway 95 near Edgewater at 6 p.m. on Jan. 7.  A 2010 Toyota Echo, driven by a 23-year-old female from Fernie, lost control and went off the road to the right hitting a fence in the 5000 block of Hwy 95. No injuries to the driver.

Disturbance call in Edgewater

As a result of a Jan. 11 911 call the detachment members responded to a complaint of disturbance in the 5700 block of Columbia Road in Edgewater. It was determined that there was an argument at a residence but no assault had happened. Police determined the situation had calmed down and departed.

Rat rifles purse left at Post Office

On Jan. 12 Columbia Valley Detachment received a complaint of theft of a purse. The owner walked away from the counter at the Invermere Post Office. When she realized she left the purse behind she returned to locate it. With some assistance the purse was located in a recycling bin but minus the wallet with cash and cards. The cards were immediately cancelled.  Anyone with information is requested to contact the detachment.

KNP crash

RCMP received a report of a single vehicle accident on Hwy. 93 on Jan. 13 in Kootenay National Park.  A 2005 Toyota Tacoma lost control on the icy road and ended up in the ditch. There were no injuries to the 34-year-old male driver from Calgary or his passenger. The people involved departed the area with a passing motorist.

Arrest warrants executed over last week

One adult male was arrested on outstanding warrants for Breach of conditions.  One adult female was arrested on warrants for breach of conditions and a third adult female was arrested for warrants stemming from Columbia Valley Detachment, possession of a controlled substance and the Kelowna Detachment for fraud. All are local residents.

Ready and willing to address groups

Although 2012 has come and gone, the RCMP works on a fiscal year which is April 1 to March 31.We still have our last quarter to report on for 2012/2013. Although I attend many meetings throughout the year I make an extra effort in January and February to attend meetings with the goal of confirming that we continue with the top priorities or determine if there are new priorities to tackle.

I am quite prepared to attend your group or organization to report on how 2012 was, as far as the Detachment goes, and seek input for 2013/2014. If you are looking for a guest speaker just give me a call at the detachment.

Correction

In the last report I indicated the detachment responded to 2,886 calls for service in 2012. I have to correct that, it was 3,252. Computers and I do not get along.

Parent’s worst nightmare

When it comes to our kids we parents fear the early morning call jolting us from a dead sleep or early morning knock on the door. A week before Christmas, at 2:45 a.m., a call on my personal phone  wakes us up. Our son pretty much is the only person who calls on this phone.  My son’s friend Travis is on the line and right away I’m thinking ‘this is bad. Something has happened.’

It is quickly apparent that Travis is extremely intoxicated and commenting he’s embarrassed to be calling me. He continues to babble away and my terse response   was “Travis, get to the point.” I’m thinking what hospital are you guys at?

Of course, Bev is now sitting up, also concerned, so I walk out of the room. Travis explains in his intoxicated state, “your son is a jerk, a real jerk; he is standing next to a pretty girl and he won’t talk to her.” I can hear the crowd in the background and figure he’s in a bar.

My response back to Travis was, “let me get this straight, at 2:45 in the morning it was important for you to call me to tell me something I already know- how my son can be at times?”

“Yes,” was his drunken response and I instructed Travis to put my son on the phone.

My son actually sounded pretty sober and I asked what was going on. He explains that Travis was being an idiot and kept on threatening him that  he was going to call my father if I didn’t talk with this girl. He got tired of the persistent  threat so handed him his phone and told him just hit #2 and you will get my Dad.

I advised him that I’m glad everything is fine and now that I am wide awake we should at least deal with the emergency. I explain that Mom and Dad are getting up in age and grandchildren sooner than later would be fine so, “Why are you not talking to the pretty girl beside you?”

“She has a boyfriend.” Fair enough. Bev asked what that was all about and I simply told her, her son was a jerk, and Travis is an idiot. You talk of going from one extreme to another.

S/Sgt. Marko Shehovac

Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment

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