Neighbours of a North Burnaby house that’s becoming notorious for big, noisy parties are fed up with what they see as an ineffective police response.
The partying at 6295 Napier St. first appeared on the radars of local residents about a month ago, according to one neighbour who spoke to the NOW but didn't want his name published.
It culminated in a giant Halloween bash Sunday night, he said.
“There was litter and a hell of a lot of noise and drinking … It spread out all over the lawns, including all the way down to my house,” the neighbour said. “They were standing around drinking and firing off fireworks and using the bushes for places to go to the bathroom.”
No one was wearing a mask, the neighbour said, but a police officer at the scene told him no one was fined.
“I’m a little fed up,” the neighbour said. “He told me he could have given them a $2,300 ticket for having more than 50 people in a dwelling.”
The neighbour said he has talked to three fellow Napier Street residents about the Halloween shindig and “they were not happy with seeing hundreds of people out there.”
Napier Street is a “high-end neighbourhood” with houses worth about “$2 million a pop,” according to the neighbour, and the street had been “absolutely quiet” until about a month ago, he said.
“Police are not enforcing the law,” he said.
'Last party for a long time'
Two young men who answered the door at 6295 Napier St. told the NOW they were SFU football players “from the States.”
“I think the only reason it got crazy Sunday is ’cause it was Halloween,” said one of the men. “We didn’t expect it, but a lot of people came. We thought a lot of people weren’t going to come. We didn’t expect it to get crazy like that.”
He said the only times things had gotten loud during the previous two parties was when they had broken up and a lot of people had left at once.
“I kept trying to tell people to keep it down when they’re outside,” he said.
He confirmed police hadn’t issued any tickets Sunday and the party had ended with everyone being asked to leave.
“That was, like, our last party for a long time,” he said. “I think we kind of pissed the neighbours off. We didn’t expect it.”
Three calls in six weeks
Police have been called to the house three times in the last six weeks, according to Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj.
He said frontline officers who respond to complaints of out-of-control parties pass on the cases to the detachment’s community programs section for follow-up.
Police also encourage complainants to contact the city’s bylaw enforcement office.
Kalanj confirmed no tickets had been issued in relation to the Napier Street Halloween bash.
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