One person was taken into custody in the centre city yesterday following a police operation that resulted in the latest public advisory to shelter-in-place.
A number of people were removed from a property on Cookstown Road, and one person was arrested with charges pending.
The RNC say there were no serious injuries. The order to stay indoors, which lasted several hours, involved a wide area including Cookstown Road, Boncloddy Street and part of Pennywell Road.
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A resident of Pennywell Road says RNC have to use a better method to inform residents of shelter in place orders than to simply post on social media.
Jessica Wyatt, who works from home, lives at the top of Boncloddy Street. She says she had no idea there was a shelter in place affecting her neighbourhood until she went outside to walk her dog.
“I opened my front door and five houses down from me there’s a police officer with a rifle, and police cruiser everywhere.”
She even witnessed a school bus dropping off students while the police operation was underway.
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“3:30 in the afternoon a school bus actually came by and dropped off a dozen-plus children in front of all of the police cruisers, like, right at the top of Boncloddy right in the middle of where the shelter in place was centered.”
Wyatt suggests that instead of relying on social media, that RNC should use the emergency notification system.
VOCM News received numerous calls from residents of the neighbourhood who say they had no idea the shelter in place order had been issued until they were notified by family and friends.
