RCMP monitoring of local taverns proving successful
Merritt’s Mounties will continue to operate a bar walk program for at least one more year due to its success.
During a bar walk police are tasked with watching out for underage drinkers, people being over served, fights and anyone asleep at a table.
“They’ll often check in with the bouncer or the doorman, and/or the manager or the person behind the bar to see how things are going,” White said at the City of Merritt police committee.
She told reporters afterwards that police are seeing a significant improvement in calls for service after bar closings in town.
Bar walks are part of police officers’ routine shifts, and are conducted both during the night and day.
