Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local March 2001 Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Ferguson with dog Buster repeatedly called 911 after a strange Man tried to get into her car and but police didst come till he was Long i was in the Middle of a possible Home invasion and they did nothing Shes fuming Over 911 Brushoff by Bruce Owen for Valerie it was a dire emergency for City it was just another Call on a Busy Ferguson is still fuming after Phon ing 911 at least four times last thurs Day night to report a babbling Man trying to get into her House and but being told it was not a in pretty Ferguson said i was in the Middle of a possible Home invasion and they did they should have sent someone i have a Home Security system and if i set that police would be Here in two if in Ever in i wont bother to phone 911 ill just set off my Ferguson said she first called 911 about 8 to report a Man was trying to get into her car parked in front of her fort Rouge she grabbed her car keys and set off the car alarm to scare him but that just made matters he saw me in the window and walked up to my House and into my porch and started banging on my he was fairly scary my dogs were just going but the 911 operator told her that As he want getting into the she should keep and Eye on him and report Back any More suspicious she calling Back at least three More times to report his meanderings to Neighbours houses in the he made a Bunch of profane Ges Tures and was but he want very Ferguson at about he Ferguson according to police a half hour later a police Cruiser car showed but by then the suspect had wandered based on the information we it was a Low priority Winnipeg police service spokesman Bob Johnson Johnson said Ferguson was right to Call but that it was deemed her life and safety were not being threat police were Busy responding to numerous More important How imminent does the threat to me have to be Ferguson it Doest change the fact someone should have been sent out a lot soon Johnson said the 911 line is still experiencing a High volume of inappropriate and nonemergency he said people should Call police at 9866222 if they want to report but Are not in the message Doest get out As effectively As wed like he the 911 system fell under scrutiny earlier this year when police failed to respond to 911 Calls made from a Manitoba Avenue Home where two women were later found stabbed to As a result of the police have launched internal disciplinary proceedings against three civilian communication Centre a 30year old Man pleaded guilty to counts of second degree murder last week and will be sentenced next a civic task Force also looked into the Issue and recommended More Domestic violence training for officers As Well As a 311 system for nonemergency Calls to lighten the Load on police the 311 proposal is still being i Brief nip say tories the opposition tories accused the nip government yesterday of wasting healthcare dollars on an acting Deputy minister who flies Home to Toronto most weekends at taxpayer Ron Hikel has been filling in As Deputy health minister since last when the nip moved Tom Carson to a Lowe profile so the province has paid Hikel about in consulting fees and another to cover his rent in Winnipeg and frequent trips Home at about per round i would like to see this Money going to frontline patient tory health critic Myrna Driedger adding that she does not understand Why the nip cannot find a talented Deputy health minister willing to live in Mani health minister Dave Chomiak said hikes contract expires at the end of the month and the province will soon be announcing a permanent Deputy the minister said hikes fees Are about the equivalent of a Deputy minis ters salary and the former tory government paid Hikel much higher consulting fees to work on the privatization of Manitoba telecoms services Over the course of about seven Chomiak we said that would not be accept hikes Normal consulting fee is about a Day about four times what the province is currently paying nip communications staff did not make Hikel available for expansion at tache Centre the Sod was turned yesterday for a new dining room and activity space at tache Centre in the project will add dining space and kitchens on four floors for up to 50 residents on each level of the 314bed Lon term care the dining space will also be used As an activity construction is scheduled to be completed by moisture snarls traffic Rush hour traffic in Winnipeg was chaotic yesterday after moisture from wet weather leaked into the electrical devices that synchronize traffic throwing some off Cycle and knocking out others All the downtown intersections were hit by the weather glitch at the Peak of Rush hour from to City Crews had fixed the problem by there saying its going to be perfectly Normal in the Winnipeg police Gord Schumacher said of this mornings Rush Lee denture clinic 274 Smith Portage Graham Avenue 9434048 9437629 personalized denture 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eventually determined it was free of said this Type of incident has become All too where peo ple who Are infected or believe they Are infected use blood As a said Johnson Speaks from firsthand exp he was of duty two years ago when he chased Down a Man who had robbed a store while armed with a blood filled the Man claimed he was on another Johnson was hit with blood by a Man who did test Posi Tive for he was forced to play a nerve racking waiting game before learning he was Victor Vargas will be sentenced in May for assaulting the female flights to every business Day on stops to every West Jet introduces new flights from Winnipeg All with the same Low Friendly Call your travel agent or West Jet at or Book online at ;