Heighton said Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian has since replied and will be meeting with NSBIA board members on Thursday, May 20, to discuss strategies moving forward on the issues. Heighton said the NSBIA has yet to hear back from the RCMP, but is hoping for a reply. The North Shore Business Improvement Association’s stern letter to Christian and Kamloops RCMP Supt. Syd Lecky said the city “in a state of siege” when it comes to “the lack of accountability for vandalism, criminality and issues”. The goal, the NSBIA states in the letter, is to get a clear sense of who is responding to community safety concerns, what that response looks like, the costs associated and the desire to work collaboratively to enact recommended improvements.
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Kamloops RCMP confirmed it received a report at about 6:15 a.m. on Monday of a break and enter and theft in the 400-block of Tranquille Road. Restaurant co-owner Denses Metsimela estimated the restaurant is out $3,000 between the cash and booze that was stolen, along with having to repair the door and replace the safe. After police attended and took a report, Metsimela said her husband questioned people hanging out in the alley behind Jamaican Kitchen who were drinking a brand of beer sold exclusively at the restaurant. Metsimela said the group described a man who had come by and sold it to them, providing a name and location where he resides. The restaurateurs tried calling the RCMP, hoping police could interview the tipsters, but had to leave a pair of voicemails.