Oceanside Community Safety

1) File 2018-10708: September 19, Oceanside RCMP received a complaint a male had just smashed the window of a business on the 100 block of Weld St, Parksville.

Have you taken the Drive Smart Refresher Test yet? A passing mark is 80%, can you do it? According to ICBC, of the first 45,000 tests taken 40% have resulted in a fail.

Give it a try, you might be surprised!

1) File 2018-10442: On September 9th, a door alarm was triggered at a business in the 100 block of Craig St, Parksville. Police attended and found the front door lock damaged and the door was unsecured. Merchandise scattered all over the floor at the store front and the restricted back room.

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

1) File 2018-10119 September 3rd, Resident reported that in the last 24-48 hours, their white 2007 Honda CRV125 motorcycle was stolen from outside of their house, located on Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach.

Our volunteers will be at the Qualicum Beach Volunteer and Wellness Fair today from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please drop by and visit!

Oceanside Community Safety has plenty of literature to keep you and your loved ones safe.

Topics such as Personal Safety, Home Security and EMO Emergency Preparedness Workbook are available free of charge.

We also do presentations to groups on these topics.

Oceanside Community Safety's Community Watch did not hold a Cell Watch only deployment in August, 2018

Thirteen combination Speed Watch and Cell Watch deployments were made by Oceanside Community Safety's Community Watch during the month of August, 2018. Of 12,034 vehicles checked,  947 or 6.7% were traveling at more than 10 km/h over the posted speed limit with the highest deviation being 71 km/h in a 30 km/h zone. 95 drivers were observed doing some form of distracted driving.

ICBC, the Oceanside RCMP, Central Island Traffic Services and our Speedwatch volunteers will be taking part in Distracted Driving Awareness month. According to ICBC, 9 people die in collisions on Vancouver Island each year from driving while distracted. In addition approximately 960 crashes occur every day in B.C., many of these caused by distracted or inattentive driving.