Oceanside Community Safety

The OCSV performed two deployments in April dedicated to the Cell Watch program exclusively. Of 1092 drivers observed, 5 were talking on the phone and 16 were performing other distracting actions.

Three Speed Watch and Cell Watch deployments were made by the OCSV during the month of April, 2017. Of 3,532 vehicles checked, 283 or 8% were travelling at more than 10 km/h over the posted speed limit with the highest deviation being 81 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. 9 drivers were observed talking on or texting with hand held cellular phones.

OCSV's Mike Garland speaks with The Beach FM's Dave Graham discussing upcoming events.

1) File 2017-3170. April 21, A Fraud complaint was received from a department store at the Wembley Centre. A woman had stolen an item from a top shelf of the store and then proceeded to return it for a gift card. After surveillance footage was reviewed, the RCMP quickly identified the female (well known to police) and made an arrest.

To celebrate all volunteers and to get you thinking more deeply about volunteering we would like to present stories from our own OCSV members as examples of the satisfaction that being a volunteer in your community can bring. The third is from Diane, a relatively new volunteer with the group.

To celebrate all volunteers and to get you thinking more deeply about volunteering we would like to present stories from our own OCSV members as examples of the satisfaction that being a volunteer in your community can bring. The third is from Keith, also a long time volunteer with the group.

To celebrate all volunteers and to get you thinking more deeply about volunteering we would like to present stories from our own OCSV members as examples of the satisfaction that being a volunteer in your community can bring. The second is from Sherwood, also a long time volunteer with the group.

To celebrate all volunteers and to get you thinking more deeply about volunteering we would like to present stories from our own OCSV members as examples of the satisfaction that being a volunteer in your community can bring. The first is from John, a long time volunteer with the group.

Eight Speed Watch and Cell Watch deployments were made by the OCSV during the month of March, 2017. Of 12,322 vehicles checked, 804 or 6.5% were travelling at more than 10 km/h over the posted speed limit with the highest deviation being 92 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. 36 drivers were observed talking on hand held cellular phones.

1) April 6, report of a stolen bike from the 1500 block of Pacific Crescent sometime over the previous evening. The bike is described as a 26” Northrock Trekking adult bike.