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About 12 regular members and six auxiliary RCMP officers went from call to call on Dec. 31 to the early morning of Jan. 1, dealing with public drunkenness, fights, assaults, drunk drivers and noise complaints.

Over a 12-hour period, from Saturday 6 p.m. to Sunday 6 a.m., police had 43 calls for service mainly in Langford, Colwood and View Royal, a much higher number for the average Saturday night. More calls came in later in the day on Jan. 1 as a few residents woke up to property damage.

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Mounties responded to 10 noise complaints, four impaired drivers, four fights, three assaults and three public intoxication calls. A man on the Songhees First Nation was taken to hospital after an assault involving two other men, in what was the most serious incident of the night. Two men are facing charges.

View Royal Fire Rescue went to five calls on the New Year's Eve night shift, including a car crash, medical aids and the assault at the Songhees reserve.

Langford Fire Rescue and Colwood Fire Rescue, by contrast, had an unusually quiet night. Langford firefighters attended one car crash over New YearB次元官网网址檚 Eve and ColwoodB次元官网网址檚 crew didn't have to leave the fire hall.