Prince George RCMP had an average, but busy night on New Year’s Eve.
Cpl. Craig Douglass says the city “kept things responsible”, while RCMP dealt with 83 calls from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. with 49 of those calls coming in after midnight.
Compared to an average 24-hour period, Douglass says police respond to around 100 calls.
He says police take in more calls over New Year’s Eve simply because there are simply more people out in the early morning hours.
“There’s more people out in the community, so chances are, we’re going to have more calls,” Douglass explains. “That may be just because they’re not at home sleeping like they would be normally, they may report more things, as well as they may be subject to some of those reportings, too.”
Douglass says there were a wide variety of files on New Years, from impaired driving, a couple vehicle collisions, mental health disturbances, noise complaints, and assaults… but nothing significant.
On average, he says New Year’s Eve 2014 wasn’t much busier than New Year’s past.
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