thieves at Rondeau
well overall we had a nice 8 day stay at Rondeau provincial park (north west end of lake Erie) With the exception of the first morning I woke up to find my cooler missing and only the cooler with t...
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garyhaupt wrote:
From my experience at Shuswap Prov Park over two summers, it sort of runs in cycles. We'd go for a couple weeks then all hell would break lose. Even during the day. In two years we never caught anyone and that wasn't from lack of trying. We'd lie doggo out in the weeds and nothing...go have lunch one day and the radio would just take off, with reports of mad campers, coming back from the beach to no beer, no dinner steaks.
And the economics of having the police spending much in the way of resources just doesn't make sense. A cooler is anywhere from 20-100 bux. Some beer or food...a few more dollars vs $100,000 a year for a patrol officer doing that rather than their regular work. I know..it sucks, but there it is.
Gary Haupt
understandable, however when several sites are being hit every other evening for weeks on end, then I would say its time to bring in the police, confidence in the security of the park, everyone's ability to relax and enjoy themselves without having to worry about someone prowling around your trailer or tent at night while you and your children are sleeping.......
I have a police officer that lives next door to me and he is an avid camper, he said himself "give me a free site for a weekend and I'll catch the guy"
