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Emergency personnel draw attention in Salmon Arm with training exercise

Police, fire, ambulance gather at Centenoka Park Mall during the afternoon/evening of July 27
Martha Wickett
Martha Wickett
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Multiple police and other emergency vehicles were at Centenoka Park Mall on Wednesday afternoon and evening, July 27, for a police training session, according to the sign in the parking lot. (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)

If you were wondering what was happening along Third Street SW in Salmon Arm Wednesday afternoon and evening, it appears to have been a police training exercise.

Several reports from the public of emergency response teams congregating in town for a serious incident were received and visible on social media July 27.

About 5:30 p.m., more than 10 police vehicles along with a fire truck and an ambulance were at Centenoka Park Mall, with a sign in the parking lot behind the vehicles stating, “Police training in progress.”

The hub of the action appeared to be at the former Safeway building, now being renovated, with emergency personnel gathered around the doorway.

No further details have been provided by police.

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Martha Wickett

About the Author: Martha Wickett

came to Salmon Arm in May of 2004 to work at the Observer. I was looking for a change from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Mainland, where I had spent more than a decade working in community newspapers.
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