{"id":705791,"date":"2026-05-31T12:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/705791\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:39:44","slug":"b-c-rcmp-warn-of-service-issues-at-some-detachments-for-non-emergency-calls-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/705791\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. RCMP warn of service issues at some detachments for non-emergency calls \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SURREY \u2013 Mounties in British Columbia are warning the public of service issues for non-emergency phone lines at some detachments in the province.<\/p>\n<p>A news release says the problem is under investigation and work is being done to restore service.<\/p>\n<p>It says the issue is affecting the ability to pick up and transfer non-emergency calls.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a17110d1bd721b9ccc9040fjpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"3136\" data-pswp-height=\"2019\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a17110d1bd721b9ccc9040fjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"An RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson<\/p>\n<p>RCMP say the affected detachments are Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, North Vancouver, Pemberton, Port Alberni, Sechelt, Squamish and Whistler.<\/p>\n<p>It says other detachments may also be experiencing intermittent issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Mounties are encouraging the public to either wait until service is restored to make non-emergency reports, or go to their local detachment in person, and are asking them not to call 911 unless there is an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 29, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURREY \u2013 Mounties in British Columbia are warning the public of service issues for non-emergency phone lines at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-705791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}