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Police in Greater Vancouver say some people are making false complaints about their neighbours as a way of getting officers to raid suspected marijuana grow-ops.
Surrey RCMP spokesman Cpl. Roger Morrow said people are taking this course of action because they don't believe police are moving quickly enough to shut the grow-ops down.
Morrow said there are no clear numbers as to how often this is happening, but he warns it could jeopardize the safety of the officers responding to a call.
"Some people have taken to the tactic of suggesting there's an assault in progress or a home invasion in progress or a break and enter in progress in a neighbourhood dwelling. And depending on the call, what we're finding is grow-ops."
Vancouver police spokesman Const. Howard Chow also has concerns about bogus emergency calls
"When you have other priority calls in other parts of the city you should go to, it becomes a public safety issue," he said.
Both Chow and Morrow point out anyone making a bogus call could be charged with causing a police officer to go into a false investigation.
They also maintain that the phoney calls are unnecessary because both of their departments respond to grow-op complaints within seven days.
Newshawk: User - 420 Magazine
Source: CBC.ca
Pubdate: 29 December 2006
Copyright: 2006 CBC.ca
Contact: https://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/
Surrey RCMP spokesman Cpl. Roger Morrow said people are taking this course of action because they don't believe police are moving quickly enough to shut the grow-ops down.
Morrow said there are no clear numbers as to how often this is happening, but he warns it could jeopardize the safety of the officers responding to a call.
"Some people have taken to the tactic of suggesting there's an assault in progress or a home invasion in progress or a break and enter in progress in a neighbourhood dwelling. And depending on the call, what we're finding is grow-ops."
Vancouver police spokesman Const. Howard Chow also has concerns about bogus emergency calls
"When you have other priority calls in other parts of the city you should go to, it becomes a public safety issue," he said.
Both Chow and Morrow point out anyone making a bogus call could be charged with causing a police officer to go into a false investigation.
They also maintain that the phoney calls are unnecessary because both of their departments respond to grow-op complaints within seven days.
Newshawk: User - 420 Magazine
Source: CBC.ca
Pubdate: 29 December 2006
Copyright: 2006 CBC.ca
Contact: https://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/
