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Knock and run: Children staging pranks prompts complaints to RCMP in Shuswap

Chase police do their part and track down the offending parties
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Chase RCMP respond to complaint on Oct. 3, 2020 of children pranking neighbours. (File photo)

It appears no call is too small for Chase RCMP.

When a resident called on Oct. 3 to complain about neighbourhood children knocking on doors and then running away, police did their part.

“While the kids likely found the activity entertaining, residents repeatedly answering their doors were not enjoying it,” said Sgt. Barry Kennedy.

Officers then spoke with a number of local children, suggesting that they try a different and less irritating pastime than ‘Nicky Nicky Nine Doors.’

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Martha Wickett

About the Author: Martha Wickett

came to Salmon Arm in May of 2004 to work at the Observer. I was looking for a change from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Mainland, where I had spent more than a decade working in community newspapers.
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