9 PM Routine
Oceanside Community Safety patrollers and Block Watch participants remind you to help lock out auto crime.

Oceanside Community Safety patrollers and Block Watch participants remind you to help lock out auto crime.
Join fellow residents in being “Eyes and Ears” for Oceanside RCMP by joining Oceanside Community Safety.
We offer training and materials to be effective in preventing crime in your community. Learn how to describe individuals, record pertinent information and keep yourself safe.
Think about joining your neighbours as an Oceanside Community Safety volunteer!
Speed Watch is an ICBC sponsored educational program aimed at reducing incidents of speeding.
This program not only provides awareness to drivers who are speeding, but it also provides valuable data to the Oceanside RCMP, City of Parksville, Town of Qualicum Beach and the RDN on areas where speeding is a significant problem.
During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 292 complaints.
I have grave concerns about the safety of those driving battery operated wheelchairs and about the dangers involved for car drivers in dealing with their activities on the road. For instance, are those wheelchairs allowed legally on the roadways? I'm all in favour of personal navigation being available for those unable to drive anymore....but isn't that the reason the cities make our sidewalk curbs manageable for wheelchairs?
During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 274 complaints.
OCSV Program Manager Michael Garland speaks about current community safety events on our local radio stations The Beach and The Lounge. If you missed the broadcast, you can listen here:
When I was relatively new to police work I was patrolling behind a car that had stopped at a red light with the left turn signal blinking. The next thing I knew, this car had turned left against the red light! Well, on went the lights and siren and I chased down this alleged red light runner. This would be an easy ticket, or so I thought.
During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 260 complaints.
"Are there rules for riding bicycles?" a reader asks after narrowly missing a collision with a bicyclist. "They seem to ride wherever they feel like it. How is a driver supposed to know what bicycle riders are going to do?"
During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 261 complaints.
I hope that most drivers subscribe to the Two Second Rule under good driving conditions and increase the following distance when the situation is not ideal. It certainly makes sense to leave sufficient room between your vehicle and the one you are following to create a safety margin. Why then do some drivers make lane changes that force the driver behind them into being a tailgater?
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