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Mounties in Grand Forks and the West Boundary are encouraging the public to “make the right” call when it comes to non-emergencies.
Phoning 911 to report things like suspicious vehicles or noise complaints unnecessarily ties up dispatch operators who need to focus on urgent calls, Grand Forks RCMP’s Sgt. Darryl Peppler told the Gazette.
Peppler qualified that Mounties aren’t hoping for fewer calls, only that people put their calls to the proper channels. “We want to educate people in the hope that they’ll understand when to use 911 and when to use other resources,” he explained…
