ys The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 30, 1997 - A3 CONSTABI F PIERRE Harvey sees a lot of the northwest this sum- setting up shop at pre-determined locations. Police say deterring ex- mer because of his duty with the Prince George-based photo radar cessive speeders is just as important as catching them but be unit. Vans with cameras based in that city fan out through the north, warned, they're in the area this coming long weekend. Photo radar units returning Police targeting ‘rockets’ THE ENTRANCE to the Gruchy’s Beach parking lot isn’t just a tum off leading to a spot where sun worshippers can leave their vehicles. It’s also the most popular place for spot- ting photo radar vans. Photo radar vans set up their cameras al the Hwy37 South location by Williams Creek seven different times last month, And RCMP officers will be back in the area this weekend with their see-all technology. More than half of the drivers of the 523 vehicles photographed so far were going over the speed limit. But only 38 of them will receive a picture of their vehicle in the mail and a $100 fine notification. ~ The camera is set to target drivers that are traveling al speeds 15km over the posted limit. “The numbers are pretty well consistent to whal we get everywhere else,’’ said Sergeant Rick Plantinga from the northern photo radar unit based in Prince George. “We're not alter speeders, we're after ex- cessive speeders,’’ Plantinga added in saying officers want lo get what they call ‘rockets’’. And rockets there were. One driver blasted off at lightning speeds of 135km on the 90km stretch on Hwy37 at Gruchy’s Beach, Plantinga explained how speed limits are set, saying that drivers will usually find a safe speed suilable to the road conditions. ‘‘Fiehty-five per cent of people are smart enough to know what speeds to go at,” adding that it’s the 15 per cent who go beyond that are OFFER EXPIRES 7/31/97 LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER Open Weekdays urtil 7:00 p.m. “SLAIRSTYLING' Qe tiahoii yi y. a | i i m HAIR COLOUR “gg = makeup so ed m PERMS secs il M SKINCARE great na matior @ NAIL CARE whi, he MASSAGE lemporatune ts: Present this. and @ TANNING andsave 8S ON 0 COdmELLE consultation. 4652 Lazelle Avenue 635-4997 cay the prime photo radar targets. So far, RCMP are concentrating on Hwy16 Wesl, east on Hwy16 by the city limil sign and the Hwy37 location by the Williams Creck bridge. The local RCMP make suggestions of high volume accident areas and the photo radar unit studies the area before sending oul a van. The location is usually on a straight stretch of pavement far enough away from hills and speed limit changes. No one has disputed their tickets at traffic court in Terrace as of yel and Plantinga added that only about 1 per cent of tickets are ever challenged. Photo. radar units ate also operating in the Prince Rupert area, News In Brief Air B.C, theft alleged CHARGES ARE pending against a former Air BC em-- ployee suspected of stealing between $40,000 and $50,000 from the company here. RCMP Inspector Steve Leach said a woman has been arrested as a result of allegations of theft at the compa- ny’s Terrace airport location over nearly two years. The woman’s name isn't being released because |: charges have yet to be laid. The arrest took place after months of extensive police surveillance. ; Murder trial starts soon TRIAL IS set to begin in Terrace court Aug. 5 for a 22- year-old Gitwangak man charged with second-degree murder. Richard Steven Morgan is charged in the stabbing death of Dale Ellery Wilson outside a house on the Gitwangak Reserve Dec, 28, 1995, Police say a minor altercation that started inside the house apparently spilled out onto the street where Wil- son was stabbed, Morgan surrendered to Hazelton RCMP after a six-hour standoff between police and himself at the house. A youth was also charged in the incident. Green light for market RESULTS OF THE hab tests are back, and food vendors at the farmers market have been given a thumbs up by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Food inspector Pam Morgan was at the market a few weeks ago and she gathered samples of foods which would be susceptible to food poisoning if not prepared properly, such as antipasto. These foods were then tested at a labatory in Kelowna, and Morgan reports that all the tests came back with good results. She says the agency will continue to keep an eye on the Terrace farmer’s market, since it’s one of the largest in the province and a high percentage of vendors sell food. Policing the police B.C.’S ATTORNEY General is pushing for the federal government to allow a new provincial agency to took into complaints filed against the RCMP. The province’s new police complaints department is an independent agency that will investigale public complaints against police officers, But the agency only has authority ever municipal police departments — not the RCMP who police two-thirds of the province. Ujjal Dosanjh asked the federal government last week for ithe RCMP to be accountable to the new agency, saying that two separate complaints processes could be confusing and undermine the public’s trust. 4820 Halliwell Avenue, Terrace ; Tel: 638-1403 or Fax:,638-0644, | Come in and explore our unique gallery, located on the "Bench’, just own from heritage park. 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