Oceanside Community Safety

1) File 18-7388 July 7, a theft was reported that occurred the night prior at 6 p.m., in front of the Shopper’s Drug Mart in Parksville. A young man had parked his bike at that location in order to attend work. An unknown male took both tires off the bicycle and stole them. They are described as 27.5 inch Maxxis brand mountain bike tires. They have disks on them and are valued at $500 to replace.

Oceanside Community Safety's Community Watch performed two deployments in June, 2018 dedicated to the Cell Watch program. Of 1149 drivers observed, 2 were talking on the phone and 15 were performing other distracting actions.

Fifteen combination Speed Watch and Cell Watch deployments were made by Oceanside Community Safety's Community Watch during the month of June, 2018. Of 7,738 vehicles checked,  623 or 8% were traveling at more than 10 km/h over the posted speed limit with the highest deviation being 74 km/h in a 30 km/h school zone. 87 drivers were observed doing some form of distracted driving.

1) File 2018-7096 July 1, a break and enter with a theft was reported at a residence under construction located at the 1700 Block of Sea Ridge Drive in Nanoose Bay. Contractors arrived at the home discovering that someone had broken the lock on the plywood tool shed and stolen a jobsite stereo, laser level and a drill set.

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

1) File 18-6221 June 13, early in the morning hours a male suspect attempted to break into a restaurant on Resort Drive in Parksville. The male who could not be identified, tried to pry the door open on the business at 1:30 and 4:30 a.m. The business was fortunately equipped with a high quality door that the suspect could not penetrate.

OCS Volunteers will be present at the Parksville Community Park picnic shelter between 5:30 and 7:30 pm for free bicycle registration. This event is part of the RDN's Community Park Playdate.

Oceanside Community Safety operated Speedwatch at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Center open house on Saturday, June 16, 2018.

1) 2018-5753 June 2, RCMP received a report of a break, enter and theft from a storage shed at a residence in the 2000 block of Island Hwy E, Nanoose Bay.

Fifteen combination Speed Watch and Cell Watch deployments were made by Oceanside Community Safety's Community Watch during the month of May, 2018. Of 10,840 vehicles checked,  871 or 8% were traveling at more than 10 km/h over the posted speed limit with the highest deviation being 92 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. 101 drivers were observed doing some form of distracted driving.