Police have quiet chat

with poverty advocate

’

A LOCAL anti-poverty advocate believes
he is on some kind sf political watch list
maintained by the pice.

It came via a iock on the door one
morning, recently jist as Gerry King from
Skeéna Anti Povetty was-climbing oul of
the shower.

“| opened the door and there was a po-
lice officer staiding there, in uniform,”
recalls King, ‘He asked if he could come
in”.
“The offic er said he wasn't making
any accusatiins or anything like that, but
he asked me if f knew of anybody that
would wish some harm on the premier,”
King confinued.

When the officer, who King described
as a genileman, received an ‘answer to
the negative, he left.

Th¢ visit occurred just before a provin-
ciat Liberal party convention in Penticton
in Cctober and King believes it was tied
to 7 visit King himself made to the Oka-
nagan city a year ago.

“He went to an anti-poverty conference
iere, tock part in a demonstration and

_ anded up having his picture in a local

paper.

‘: It was that picture, King now says,
which could have resulted in his name
being put on a watch list.

_ There were demonstrations by people
opposing the government during the Lib-
eral convention in Penticton and King

thinks the police visit was prompted by
advance reports of those demonstrations.

King’s not all that surprised by the
visit given heightened security surround-

ing Premier
Gordon
Campbell
since his
govemment
began mak-
ing culs to
social and
other  ser-
vices.

“With what
this guy is
doing, I can
understand
his precau-
tions,” said
y King,

But King did
say he felt
intimidated

Gerry King

by the officer’s visit.

RCMP would neither confirm nor deny
the visit to King.

“I won’t really specifically comment
on any individual security threat invest-
igations thal we’ve done,” said Terrace
RCMP Inspector Marlin Degrand.

“It is normal practice for us ta do
threat assesments or security inquiries
prior to the arrival of any VIP.”

Inspector Degrand said running secur-
ily checks on people is part of the
RCMP'’s duties and usually happen when
a dignitary is scheduled to visit the com-
munity.

“It doesn't happen that often in this
area, at least in the six months I've been
here,” he said.

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