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Keeping the community safe

Man in police uniform smiles.

Photo credit:
James Murray, Salmon Arm Observer, c. 1998

Once the decision was made to evacuate everything south of the Trans-Canada Highway, my officers and ancillaries  set out to personally notify everyone in the southeast section of Salmon Arm. We knocked on every door.

I knew I needed extra policing. We had 18 police of our own and brought in an additional 54 members to help.  They came from Artmstong, Enderby, Kelowna, Kamloops, and Vancouver. We put them on shifts and gave them areas to patrol. There were police in every neighbourhood in the south side of town and I am happy to say we never had any thefts or break and entries.

Barry Tarr, Staff Sergeant

RCMP officer with printed information talking to a woman in a white vehicle at the side of a road. Driver has a dog in her lap.

Roadblocks were the order of the day.

 

Woman with her dog in her lap sits in a red pick-up truck. RCMP officer talking to her. Another passenger in the truck sits with a dog in his lap.

Bernardine Favell and family get a welcome home from Const. John Stringer- along with an instruction sheet from the Salmon Arm Emergency Centre – after lifting of the evacuation order.