Manning down at emergencies |

Arna Marie D’ ‘Angelo

News Reporter,
«da ngelo@nsnews. com

THE. absence of RCMP

auxiliary officers is .

: beginning to have an
impact on local police
presence in emergency

‘situations.

Police cars . arrive, there ‘are.
Jonly: going to be" three «
olice officers present...’

: Before: April, when’ volun:
‘teer auxiliary “Mounties were’

on: patrol “duty,: that number
‘ould have’ been as were as six
officers: of

’Moun es'.were |

up their. guns in

provincial

C ae

animous yi 210, stop

trained peace officers working

under the jurisdiction of the

/provincial: Police Act. ‘Their’:
‘uniforms .appear identical . to .
regular Mounties. The differ-:
“ence is. a small.‘sleeve badge Z
identifies "an - auxiliary

‘that.
* Mountic.

- Auxiliaries are “allowed tov:

work ‘as’ peace: officers only ”

under the direct stipervision of.
“regular ~. RCMP... officers.
- Auxiliary Mounties aré yolun-
© teers, but the: auxiliary ‘police
program is «paid . for by. the
| Provincial government. ,
The. provincial government

“unexpectedly announced in the |

spring that RCMP: auxiliary
officers. would “no longer ,be
allowed to carry guns as part of |
».an “interim decision.”,,

(NORTH Vancouver RCMP Const. Katy Heppner looks on as a tow truck oper ;
jator gets ready ‘to hoist a dislodged camper unit. No one. was hurt. in: the .
I Lonsdale and 23rd Street mishap last Thursday eveni ng. s

The government stated thar ./

2 Study of the gun issue would #

-be ‘completed in-September.

. - RCMP. brass: at Vancouver,

eadquarters * “support: the

rovincial government’s move,

~ They have’ stated, that. au

ies should work to “ “comp

RCMP officers
RCMP br.
uxiliaries ‘could work in

vorking uniformed © aero :

the

iary cur
‘uniform

without a gun :
Alrs'an individual decision,

ve told auxiliaries that if they
ve fulfil their ‘required 160
of work’a year, they ¥
d ‘to: turnin’ thei

ould | pend less time:
: ‘conducting highs risk «law
_enforceinent .

iaty: Buyan’ pointed ‘out that ©:

volunteer auxiliaric have day

er aes ‘and. crime 'p
tk because it is usually:
don during weekday’ bust
hou 4
“It seems that you are tue
in “ay limbo “situation. he
: Nobody knows Vv ‘hy’ or what to
d very’ frustrating for’

‘ of is said Buyan

oTh North Vancouve resi

ilso suggested :

ihent, Not supplement” reer

~ expect “the fumber of f

Wisits will. continue to in

“by 7% per y

'. Future

include: ve

AE ‘the: svisniic’ tipgrade of the
“Sevmour, Falls .Dam, »1999-

“2001 (estimated Coste 520 mil a

fion);”
of construction of; Seymour

2 Main No? 5) “South = 3,000 nv’:

of 2,100°> mm: diameter: water,

Gate to the’ Beach. Yard'at the »
south foor of Riverside Drive,
1999-2000 (estimated: cost
$18.8 mill ion);

B& constriction of. Seymour |
Main No.5, ‘North — a: 1,500.

mm diameter water. mai from

the ©.Seymour * Dam;
Hydrauli reck parallel t

existing ° pipeline - along
adbed, 2005-2006, (estimar:

ed cost $12: million);

main fron the lower Seymour’,

_ Main No. 5,

Central: the”

continuation of the 1,500 mm

My diameter. water. main: trom

_ Hydraulic. Creek to Rice; Lake,

2008: 2009; (estimated cost:

“$12 2.2 2 millie

ion “of

| Road crash |
victim dies —

A 19: “year-old Richmond.
“woman died on Wednesday
after being injured a month’
-ago in/a car.accident on
“Cypress Bowl Road. .
The name cof the. woman
was ‘not » released by: West
‘Vancouver Police. oO

She was a passenger ina car
that left che -road “and. went
about ‘76 . metres (230 fect)
’ down an“ embankment. The
“June” 13. aécident . took place |
‘just south: of thes i hill’s ‘top
| parking lone Une :

The wom
“from the car: during the -acci-
- dene.’ Police. say:she suffered
severe-internal injuries’.

. The car driver, 23-year-old |
Richmond man,, and “another. ~
passenger, a 22+ -year-old’ man. °
received minor injuries. :

The trio were travelling in a
1997 four-door Toyota:Tercel :
at 9:30 ee m. when the accident fe

Gate Hospital :
© 2) Police, say..th Accident | is
ra under j investigation:
Auna Mari D'Angelo

ot he Ss Seymour }

the Ndam)< resulting, sin
d risk to, the public and.
pility...and. safety

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row, ater a the public be

main em ~ Lake -
Lillooet / 20} 1- 2012
‘(estimated | cost! $8.8 millian);;
Beconstrict ‘of ths Sey

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‘Rice © Lake: “gatehoiisest 2002+
2004 (estimated Ost 3S! 25 mil-* |
teak
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increase water nie capac
‘Ee the © ‘region ‘as; dema
grows, as w
supply: reliability; Heath’ said
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