Const. Brian Lucas may seem like a new face to Oak Bay, but he came to work for the Oak Bay Police Department five years ago. He spent the last four and half assigned to the . The CFSEU-BC mandate is to target, investigate, prosecute, disrupt and dismantle the organized crime groups and individuals the pose a high risk to public safety due to involvement in gang violence.

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For those same four years his father, a longtime RCMP officer, patrolled the waters up and down the IslandB次元官网网址檚 coast, including Oak Bay.

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RCMP Reserve Const. Peter Attrell started on a force in Hinton, Alberta in 1974 before heading for the RCMP two years later. His litany of postings includes many a waterfront community up the coast B次元官网网址� Parksville, Sechelt, Nanaimo B次元官网网址� and include a navigation ticket early on that got him on the water as he worked up the ranks.

His final posting before retirement in 2011 was an eight-member unit on a 72-footer in Prince Rupert. After retirement, he started work as a reservist immediately. He shifted to his current work out of NanaimoB次元官网网址檚 RCMP Island District headquarters, patrolling south Island waters, in 2014. HeB次元官网网址檚 the unit liaison with Oak Bay Police Department.

Attrell remembers once taking Lucas and his brother on a West Coast patrol by helicopter when they were young.

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Lucas agrees with the possibility, knowing he always wanted to solve problems and feels fortunate to give back through his job.

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Gotta' love this father & son moment!馃槉 After many years, RCMP Cst Peter Attrell & Police Cst Brian Lucas get to work a shift together, patrolling our coastline today!

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Finally, on April 11, father and son patrolled together in uniform.

B次元官网网址淲e live in a beautiful area. I was taking in the scenery. Even though it was a stormy day, it was beautiful,B次元官网网址� says Lucas who learned to tie lines, marine radio, chart plotting and other logistics as the pair travelled up and down the Island. The day included visits to Swartz Bay with large vessels, smaller ones in Genoa Bay and lunch in Mill Bay.

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There were up to six-foot swells the day the two finally patrolled together for the first time, with two to three-foot swells at all times with wind coming across most of the time, the elder officer says. Lucas dressed for work that morning with his usual gloves.

The small open boat with canvas sides and twin outboards is far from the usual shift in Oak Bay.

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Attrell keeps a pair of snowmobile gloves handy.

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While there may be other parent and child teams in the vast sea of policing, Attrell is happiest about working with his son now rather than as the senior officer he was at retirement.

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