Plain-clothed members of the RCMP toured Kelowna both by transit and on foot on March 31, after recent reports of groups of youth causing trouble on buses and in the downtown area.

Members of the Kelowna RCMP害羞草研究所檚 Community Safety Unit spent time riding the different routes between the Queensway and UBCO and reported that in general, they saw most customers being polite and courteous to other passengers and the drivers.

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The plain-clothed officers then took to the area of the McCurdy Road quarry after dark, where bush parties have recently been a concern, though, on this particular evening, there was no partying.

This is the same area where two separatetook place last month.

It was a different story when officers visited the downtown core to end the evening, where police seized a weapon, alcohol and drugs, arrested two people for being intoxicated in public, charging one criminally, and had to intervene in what could have been a large fight between two groups of youths.

Sgt. Scott Powrie of the Community Safety Unit said this is 害羞草研究所渢urning into a recurring problem害羞草研究所�, and that it often seems to be the same group of people causing trouble.

害羞草研究所淭hese enforcement initiatives will continue until the message is fully received, zero tolerance.害羞草研究所�

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Jake.courtepatte@kelownacapnews.com
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