Tag: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
False alarms dogging Do-Right in Newfoundland
March 6, 2013Rich Miller
More than 12,000 false alarms in one year, including 81 from just one address? It's enough to make a deputy reach for the Screech.
For those who think our neighbors to the north don't have security-related problems, think again. In St. John's, Newfoundland, police have their hands full in a way that would have many of their U.S. brethren nodding sadly in agreement.
According to a report last week by CBC News, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is being overwhelmed by false alarms. In 2012, they...