TIRE MARKS show what happened when a police officer in an unmarked police vehicle tried but failed to avoid hitting a man attempting to run across Hwyi6é Feb. 3. Man recovers from accident HARVEY WELLS of Terrace is listed in serious but stable condilion after being hit by an unmarked police vehicle shortly before 1 a.m. Feb. 3. Cst. Mike L’Italien, one of the detachment’s two dog ‘handlers, was responding to a call when the accident happened. He was travelling eastbound on Highway 16, across from the Honda dealership, when Wells apparently ran across the road between intersections, say police, Wells, 39, was wearing dark clothing which made it difficult for L'Italien to see him. According to police L’ Italien tried but failed to avoid hitting the man. Wells was taken to Mills Memorial Hospital after the accident and was listed in critical condition. He was later transferred to Vancouver where he is listed in stable but serious condition. L'Italien was driving an unmarked Ford Expedition. The vehicle sustained damage to the front corner panel of the driver’s side, said Sat. D’ Arcy Gollan of the local detachment, Once police here have done their investigation it will be reviewed by an officer from another detachment, said Golian. The review is to “ensure that it complies with our investigation and the law,” he said. Attention GPS Mapping users and otters Trimble Cansel wishes to announce Terrapro is no longer an authorized Cansel / Trimble Dealer. Canset is pleased to provide ‘Terrapro's Trimble “customers directly with sales, rental equipment, service, training and technical support. All customers who have purchased Trimble GPS Equipment from Terrapro are encouraged to ; register equipment with Cansei to ensure you receive all the advantages of owning this equipment, such as; 1. Cansel will notify you of all trade-in ~-- programs, eg. Geo3, TSC1, ProXR 2. 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Talstra said it’s also likely a city-run police force would lose some of the ser- vices that the RCMP now provides for free, such as support from other detach- ments when a major incident happens. But Talstra said council will keep on looking at other ways to reduce the city’s share of policing expenses. It will pressure the provincial govern- ment to designate more local officers as ones it will pay for, rather than the city, Talstra said the session with consultant Gary Williams gave them considerabiy more ammunition. “We've been encouraged to take the next step and sit down with the Attorney General’s office and seek to make some changes,” he said, “At a very minimum there should be a transfer of at least one officer fram. the municipal side to the provincial side, and that may be true of support staff as well.” Talstra added the city isn’t seeking to reduce the number of police officers in Terrace, only to shift who pays for them. But, he warned, council may be forced to eliminate positions if it can’t make the situation more equitable. If the province agrees to pay for more officers in Terrace, one possibility, under. a model called “regional policing” is that it could create a specific policing tax to make rural taxpayers in the region contri- bute to that cost. There’s some logic te that, says city chief administrative officer Ron Poole, who notes policing isn't yet handled like health and education, for which there are specific and equal local tax levies re- gardless of whether a taxpayer lives in- side or outside city limits. “Our guys don’t stop at the bridge,” Poole said, “I pet as much policing as the fellow in Thornhill or a fellow at the lake. So we should pay equally for the service.” -Talstra said the concept could end up’ being similar to the way rural taxpayers contribute to the city’s casts of maintain- jng recreation facilies, except the pro- vince would likely be the middle man in handling the money. The city hasn't approached the regio- nal district about the idea. Poole suggested ‘anything like that could be some time off because the pro- vince couldn’t set up such a system for just Thornhill or rural areas near Terrace. “You'd have to change it at the pro- vincial level and they’d have to blanket it across the province,” Poole said. The RCMP and the province are in- creasingly willing to consider reform of how policing costs are financed, he added. February ' Doors open:at:7 am Vin / carpet Flooring Starting as low as I 99 sy Thon rel mae Ceramic White 6”x6” Wall Tile as low as i Ceramic Floor Tile Starting as low as i &| Instock #1 Only . 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