Tuesday, July 19, 2005

from the "dude, where's my brain?" dept.

The following is from the BC RCMP media relations website:

File: 2005 - 38127
Location: 6355 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia.
Date of Release : July 18, 2005
Time of Release : 7:30 am


What Part of “RCMP Detachment” Did You Not See ?


A 17 year old Vancouver male was somewhat surprised, confused and embarrassed all at the same time when an Burnaby RCMP officer walked up to him recently. The young man and a friend were quite preoccupied smoking marihuana with great passion......right in front of the Burnaby Detachment.

The two were hanging around a movie set that is being shot at the Shadbolt Center, and they had no idea that the RCMP detachment was there, even though the building is clearly identified with a big sign on Deer Lake Avenue. As well the Emergency Command Vehicle visible to all the public with it’s bold identification decals identifying it as a police vehicle it would be very difficult not to “see” that the police are there. This will add to the debate that smoking marihuana can dull the senses.

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