Over the Victoria Day weekend from Friday to Monday, the Terrace detachment responded to 178 calls for service, included in the listings was one significant incident of violence at the Lakelse provincial park.
Around 12:52 a.m. on May 19, Terrace RCMP responded to a weapons call involving a man being stabbed near the cabins on Spruce Trail at Lakelse Lake Provincial Park. Police attended and located a man with numerous stab wounds to his upper body.
He was transported to hospital where he remains in serious but stable condition. A teenage male was taken into custody for aggravated assault where he currently remains.
The full report on the May Long mayhem can be viewed here.
The notice from the RCMP also includes a question for the public to consider as to who is watching over the youth of the Northwest, that as the RCMP report made note of a number of interactions with inebriated youth and the consequences that could come from un-supervised behaviour.
Terrace Staff Sergeant Michael Robinson provided some of the background for the tour of duty for the Mounties from the weekend.
"We had middle and high school students out at all hours of the night intoxicated by alcohol, said Staff Sergeant Michael Robinson. While our job as police officers is to enforce the law, adults play a pivotal role in making sure their kids follow those laws, particularly around alcohol.
Liquor laws and BC Parks rules exist for a reason. Allowing youth to break those laws sets them up for further bad decision making, including breaking other laws and being arrested, or worse – being seriously injured or hurting someone else.
As we continue into the summer season, it’s important for adults to ask themselves where their children are, what they’re doing, and who they are with. And if they’re not following the rules and law, deal with it before we have to get involved. Once we become involved life-long consequences can follow."
It's an overview that should resonate in Prince Rupert as well, as many of those who use the Lakelse campground area are from the Prince Rupert area.
And if we are to be honest with ourselves in this community, on any given day if we were to wander around this town and explore some of the back alleys and other hidden warrens that are found in the downtown area, you could very well ask the same question of where are the parents or guardians ...
The subject of misbehaviour, law enforcement and local concerns about the downtown area could make for an interesting topic for City Council to follow up on should they wish and actually, as they should do.
Offering an opportunity for the RCMP to address council and answer questions from City Council members at one of those community speaking slots that Councillor Cunningham has been seeking to have included as part of how Council conducts their meetings.
For more items of interest related to the work of Emergency responders in the Northwest see our archive page here.
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