The Editor,
I’m sharing a copy of a letter I sent to the city of Port Moody early this morning after being woken up by an RCMP vehicle in front of our house:
This morning at 1 a.m., I woke up to police lights outside of our house and noticed a red car had been pulled over. I’m not sure if the officer was new but my main concern is that the RCMP SUV was idling for approximately 20 minutes right outside of our windows where husband, children and I sleep.
I have a young family and we’re doing our part to be respectful of our community, environment, other people and laws so it was surprising to see an officer in a simple ticketing situation parked in front of our house with the SUV left idling for no apparent reason for 20 minutes.
This has also been happening with other cars that enter our street and idle for long periods, and I usually ask them to turn their engine off while parked in front of our house. I respectfully asked this officer to do the same but she brushed it off, kept the vehicle running and said they would be on their way soon.
They were chatting away, laughing and writing some notes here and there from what I saw. So sad and alarming that this is the attitude of one a law enforcement officer.
Grateful for the work police do and most times they are kind, respectful and helpful when you need them, but this incident left my family and I fuming.
Toni Adams, Port Moody
