Crime Stoppers is praising the local RCMP for its help fighting crime. John McDonald

Local Crime Stoppers program tops province with help from Kelowna RCMP

KELOWNA – It’s National Police Week and the Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers is praising the local detachment for its pursuit of the tips the crime prevention group receives.

“RCMP Supt. Nick Romanchuk and his team doggedly pursue tips to the Crime Stoppers tipsline, making the Okanagan program the top producing program in B.C.”, says Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers President Dino Cabalfin, in a media release.

Cabalfin says the tips his organization passed on to Kelowna RCMP lead to the seizure of $750,000 worth of drugs and the recovery of $431,000 in stolen property in 2014.

The president goes on to say the success of Crime Stoppers shows there is substantial crime in our community and the dangers police officers face every day.

“We are thankful for the committment and dedication of the members of the RCMP to fight crime in our region,” Cabalfin says.

Crime Stoppers is operated by the Central Okanagan Crime Stopper Society, which operates the program in conjunction with the Central Okanagan Regional District.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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