Canvasser not what he seems POLICE NEWS IN BRIEF

May 14, 2008

A man going door-to-door in Fairfield soliciting money may not be on the level but isn’t doing anything criminal.

Still, Victoria police are warning people not to open their wallets if someone comes asking for donations for a publication called the Victoria Youth Network Resource Guide.

The man, who police won’t name, has published the guide before, but not since 2004, said Sgt. Grant Hamilton.

“He has successfully received some funds from a couple of people more than once,” said Hamilton, including one man who gave $100.

Thief nabs

donation box

Police are looking for a man believed to have snatched a donation box from an Esquimalt doughnut shop.

Surveillance camera footage from the Tim Hortons’ at 880 Esquimalt Rd. shows a single man enter the store April 14 around 1 a.m. After throwing a dark jacket over a box for donations for the Tim Hortons’ Childrens Camp, he talked on a cellphone while working the box free.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Police urge caution

after cyclist struck

A cyclist who was hit by a car when he tried to run a red light Friday morning remained in serious condition Monday.

The 57-year-old man rode his bike against a red light heading southbound on Quadra Street. Two lanes of westbound traffic on Pandora Avenue braked to avoid him but a driver in the third couldn’t see the cyclist in time.

Victoria police used the incident to remind drivers they need to share the road, but cyclists need to ride properly.

Motorcycle cops

among the best

Two members of the Victoria Police Department motorcycle squad picked up some hardware at a North American competition.

Const. Ken Featherstone, the force’s lead motorcycle trainer, placed in the top three in four categories at the 2008 North American Motor Officers’ Association conference in Chilliwack.

Const. Ryan O’Neill placed third in pairs riding and first overall for officers with less than two years of riding experience. Featherstone was also elected Western Canadian vice-president for the association.

The pair were riding against 145 competitors from 46 U.S. and Canadian police agencies.

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