By Cranbrook RCMP

Over the last 14 days of January (Jan. 17 to 31), Cranbrook RCMP responded to 383 calls for service.

Our members were kept busy responding to a wide variety of calls, proactive policing, and engaging in education throughout the community.

Some calls attended included:

12-Abandoned 911 calls

5-Abandoned Vehicles

12-Alarm Calls

1-Animal Call

4-Assault

56-Assist General Public/Other agency (Fire, EHS, other Police Agency ect…)

4-B&E

4-Breach of Conditions

52-Check Well Beings (including mental health crisis)

1- Counterfeit Currency

18-Disturbances (including domestic)

4- Drug

1- Extortion

4-Frauds

1-Fight

4-Harassment

2-Hazards

1- Impaired

2-Keep the Peace

16-Mischief

4-Missing Persons (all located)

14-Motor Vehicle Accidents (including 5 Hit & Runs)

14-Property files

1- Recovered Vehicle

6- Shoplifter

1- Shots heard

38-Suspicious occurrences (vehicles/persons etc…)

23-Thefts

58-Traffic Incidents

3-Vehicle Theft

8- Threats

23- Traffic incidents

30-Unwanted Persons

2- Weapons

and more…

Calls of note included:

Counterfeit currency

On Jan. 18, Cranbrook RCMP received a report that an individual had been paid in counterfeit money while selling a phone through Marketplace. The seller met the buyer where they exchanged the phone for cash. The seller then attempted to deposit the $1,250 into their bank account and learned that only $30 of the cash was legitimate. Upon examining the money, it was noticed that all of the bills had the same serial number, some of the transparent windows on the bills were peeling and there were no tactile dots on the bills.

Our officers booked 30 individuals into Cranbrook cells including six individuals arrested on outstanding warrants and an additional seven individuals were remanded into custody after bail hearings.

In addition to calls for service officers were also out conducting curfew checks and proactive patrols which resulted in three Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRPs) being issued and two instances of charges being forwarded for curfew breaches.

A search warrant execution led to the arrest of two individuals who were remanded on numerous charges.

We were also so fortunate to participate is some fun community connection through our Books and Badges reading initiative in local elementary schools, safety and talks with middle school students and fraud prevention conversations with seniors.

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