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A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 5, 2006

New RCMP top cop

enjoys challenges ©

INSPECTOR | DAVID
Fenson’s _ posting . to
command the ©RCMP

- detachment here continues
"a career of nearly 20 years,»
_ all of which has: been spent"
“in Bc,

He arrived ‘last month ° °

from Dawson Creek, pro-

- moted from his position as __

_ Staff sergeant in charge of
~~ that community's detach- "

ment.

“T think this is‘a wonder-

__ ful community with a good’

blend of people:and the de-

tachment is a good size with -

a good. blend as. well,” he |
o ‘said of Terrace. ©

'. "+ Born in Regina, Fenson’s

> first posting was in White

‘Rock before moving to ma-

: jor crime and criminal inves-

tigation positions in ‘Vancou-_ :
. ing with officer shortages. ~
"As with’ other: ‘organiza-~

ver.
His first command was in
Kaslo’i in the Kootenays. aSa-
corporal in charge of three
_ constables.
"He also spent: time in

oe Vernon in that detachmient’s ©

~ general ‘investigation ‘sec-"
_ tion as well as being a watch
‘commander, . noe
~ Fenson: was ‘then’ ‘posted
-to Houston, which means .
‘he’s “familiar with the area. .
“Tye, enjoyed all of it,”

"Insp. David Fenson

A

‘said Feison of his various
postings’ with the RCMP
over.the years. ©

Fenson ‘afrives at a time

‘when the detachment here,

like others elsewhere, is cop-

"tions, the RCMP are. faced _

with a growing - number of

retirements. ga
~ “But I can also tell you.
“this is a time of great oppor- ..
tunity for people who want a
career in policing,” said Fen- -
son. “We are stepping up our.
“recruitment efforts.”
New.recruits tend to be
"older than in previous years:
and come, with what’ Fenson

| Paving nearly done

calls more “life experience.”
‘The inspector places a lot
of value on ‘crime preven-

tion, saying police. forces -
can no longer just deal with —

the symptoms of crime.
That concept of crime

prevention is going to take a

high profile within city’ lim-
_its as city ‘council wants to

“rid vacant’ lots of rocks and: '
other items which might be: °

used to. break windows and

create other acts: of vandal- °
ism 4
A watch program aimed -

* at informing storekeepers of
the materials needed to make

‘erystal meth is. also coming
online here. °

-“Citizens on Patrol and

Crime .. Stoppers are all
valuable programs. when ‘it
comes to prevention,” added
Fenson.-

section and highway patrol.”

Two-major crime iand-

drug sections are also based

at the detachment — one of:

four officers for Terrace and

‘ area’ work .and ‘one. of three ™

‘officers for work.on serious
crimes around -the north-
. west.

in the Nass Valley — -

a’ $53-million project " to
improve roads into and in
- : the: Nass Valley. is: within ,
days. of being ‘finished, says
oo a. transportation ministry
: official. rn
-- Gable Construction - “of
Kamloops, which had the
-. last Major paving ‘contract,
has completed: ‘the route -
through the lava beds and is
now working on the 10km .
stretch from New Aiyansh
_east to Nass Camp, says
ministry official George Lo-
mas.

. The seven-year project,
‘which has:seen portions of
the road rebuilt to rise above
‘flood levels and paving done _
-as far west as Greenville,
was to have been’ finished
last year but weather and
-other factors delayed ‘com-
pletion, said Lomas.

“With ‘minor items and

a cleanup, it looks to be more

" like ‘July 15,” said Lomas of.

the anticipated completion
date.

One of the: more compli-
‘cated portions of the seven-
year project involved blast- .
ing alongside Lava Lake
leading into the Nass Valley :-

to create a wider and safer .

route.

’ This year’ s work has in- |
cluded paving of pullouts
through the Nisga’a Lava |
Bed Memorial Park, paving .

-.Of parking areas and pave-
ment in°the park’s. camp-
ground that includes a visi-.
tor’s centre.

That work was a bit of
trade-off between the trans-
portation ministry and pro-
vincial parks officials and the
Nisga’a who jointly manage
the park, said Lomas...

- “It was part of the permit.
Sort of the fee. It’s really a
fair trade,” he added.

‘The highway work is ex-

pected to bolster the econ-'
omy of the Nass Valley by’
_ developing a tourism indus-

‘THE “LAST WORK on:

Ae number of.’ bed: and
breakfasts and- lodges have
already sprung up.

- Although . the«. paving .

--work may be winding down,

other.road work in the valley —.

- continues that is not part of ©
the massive project.

A bridge at. Greenville i is
nearly ‘completed at a cost
of just over $2 million and

“work is to start on another.

+ bridge leading to that village. ”
The latter work is to replace —

an existing bridge which has
routinely washed out during
flooding and rainy seasons.
.The $53 million project -
does not ‘include the more

- than $30 million spent sev-

eral years ago to ‘build’ a°

‘road from Greenville west .
to Kincolith, at the mouth of’

the Nass River.

The detachment here con-._
tains,a full range of RCMP’
services, including general -
., duty, identification, a dog .

Behind Mc Donate

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