The top police officer for Vernon North Okanagan is moving on to greener pastures.

Superintendent Shawna Baher has accepted a promotion to be the new chief superintendent on Vancouver Island.

Based out of Victoria, Baher will have the responsibility of covering 26 different detachments on the Island.

The news came during the Monday, Nov. 27 council meeting, where Baher presented the RCMP quarterly report.

Highlights of the report showed that the RCMP took 33 impaired drivers off the road in the three month period of July, August and September (third quarter).

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The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP will be taking part in the provincial campaign for impaired driving, on Saturday, Dec. 2.

The third quarter had reductions in calls for service, property offences and criminal code sentences. Year-to-date, calls for service are down 4.89 per cent (14,497 total), up 3.6 per cent for criminal code offences (4,705) and down 2.1 per cent for property offences (2,642).

With regards to the toxic drug crisis, 630 naloxone kits have been given out year-to-date, and the RCMP made 395 referrals for mental health and substance use services. In addition, the Integrated Crisis Response Team (ICRT) officially started on Nov. 15

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In sad news, former police dog Cain passed away.

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BaherB次元官网网址檚 loss now leaves a void in the Vernon detachment, as there is no current succession plan in place for the top role.

Coun. Akbal Mund congratulated Baher on the promotion but lamented her loss.

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