What police thought last week was a simple answer about untraceable 911 calls hasn’t turned out to be as effective as they had hoped.
Creston RCMP received another eight calls from several different cell towers last week, all of which were from cellphones no longer connected to a service plan and therefore impossible to trace back to the caller.
“I guess we just keep trying,” Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan sighed on Monday.
Police Beat
Creston RCMP responded to 62 calls for service from Jan. 27-Feb. 2, Gollan said.
January 27
•Police determined that a complaint from a customer banned from a business was a civil matter.
•A person who lost a soft-covered notebook on Canyon Street reported the loss to police in the hope that it will be found and turned into the police station.
•A well-being check on a Highway 3 resident indicated a male was OK.
January 28
•A truck popped out of gear on Vancouver Street and rolled back into a fire hydrant.
•A child walking to school saw a cougar on 26th Avenue and ran home to report the siting to her parents. Gollan advises people not to run, but walk calmly away from cougars. Conservation officers were notified.
•A call from a concerned property owner induced police to check the place out. No trouble was evident at the Highway 3 residence.
•A male reported being assaulted by two unknown people while he was walking in the 2800 block of Highway 3.
January 29
•A driver sustained a minor injury in a single vehicle accident on Highway 3A near Sirdar.
•No injuries were reported when a vehicle that stopped for a pedestrian on Canyon Street at 14th Avenue was rear-ended.
•Well-being checks to residents on Fifth Avenue North and 16th Avenue North indicated they were OK.
•A turning vehicle clipped a parked car on Canyon Street at 10th Avenue North. No injuries resulted.
•A semi slid off an icy Lower Wynndel Road when the driver pulled over to put chains on. Some damage to a fence was reported.
•No injuries were reported after a minor two-car collision at the intersection of 11th Avenue South and Birch Street.
•A male was arrested at the Kingsgate border crossing on a warrant issued by Calgary Police Service. He appeared before a judge and was released on conditions.
•A would-be customer got a surprise when he opened a Canyon Street business’s door and the intruder alarm went off. The man stood in the doorway and waited for police to arrive so he could explain the situation.
•A caller complained of witnessing a vehicle driving on 16th Avenue while a four-year-old child was sitting on the driver’s lap.
January 30
•No injuries were reported when a vehicle went into the ditch off Pilot Bay Road.
•Police served a traffic ticket to a Moyie Avenue resident on behalf of Trail RCMP.
•The front passenger tire of a vehicle parked on Sixth Avenue North was spray-painted pink.
•Cash was stolen from a 36th Avenue South residence sometime since mid-November.
•Police were called to an argument on Hillside Street where they learned a couple that is breaking up were not involved in a physical altercation.
•A dog was reported to have been left in a vehicle parked on 16th Avenue North. The vehicle was gone when police arrived.
January 31
•A Placsko Road resident reported paying $399 for a computer repair, concerned that he might have been caught in a scam.
•A Northwest Boulevard resident turned firearms over to police until they can be transferred to a purchaser.
•A Goat River Road resident complained that a friend who had borrowed money has now moved to Alberta without repaying the loan.
•A well-being check of a male resident of Elm Street indicated he is fine.
•Police have been unable to determine whether a theft took place during a break and entry to a residence near Yahk. The owners are away.
February 1
•A suspicious vehicle was reported on Seventh Avenue North.
•Police are investigating a report of an assault involving two males on 19th Avenue North.
•A well-being check at a 33rd Avenue North residence found no one home and the resident was later found to be in the hospital.
•A Canyon Street resident complained about “negative comments” on Facebook.
•When police checked on the well-being of a Highway 3 resident she said she was fine but that it was just too cold to go out.
•Another in a series of barking complaints was made by an Erickson resident.
February 2
•An Erickson Road resident made three calls to police in a short period. The first reported an abandoned child on a neighbour’s deck, which turned out to be a large doll. He then complained about two suspicious vehicles near his home, and then reported a break and entry. Police were unable to verify either report as being true. He was later taken to hospital for an assessment.