While most may have been dreaming of sugarplums and lollipops during the Christmas period, others were out driving drunk, disturbing the peace, assaulting police officers, pulling fire alarms and thieving from autos and motorcycles. Oh yes, best of the season to you, Jasper. The local RCMP detachment was kept hopping over the holidays, initiating a grand total of 84 new investigations  between the 24th of December and the second day of 2006.

Thanks to Sargeant Dave Maludzinski for providing the following statistics. 

Impaired Driving - 5

Motor Vehicle 

Accidents - 6

Provincial Traffic - 5

Liquor Charges - 10

Other Provincial 

Acts - 9

Municipal By-Laws - 2

Disturbing the 

Peace - 8

Resist/Obstruct 

Police - 2

Assaults on Police - 1

Harassing Phone 

Calls - 1

Fail to Comply 

Probation - 1

False Fire Alarms - 1

False Alarms 

(Other) - 2

Weapons Offences - 1

Unsafe Storage 

Firearms - 1

Warrants 

Executed - 1

Drug Offences - 3

Uttering Threats - 4

Theft from Autos - 5

Theft from 

Motorcycle - 1

Forgery - 1

Abandoned 

Vehicles - 1

Suspicious Persons/

Vehicle/Property - 2

Lost/Found 

Property - 2

Mischief/Obstruct Property - 9

“As you can see by the numbers above, it was a very busy holiday for the RCMP here in Jasper,” Maludzinski wrote. 

Small wonder then, that the police have no leads in the case of the disappearing penguin (see above). 

On a more serious note, a quick thanks go out to the RCMP officers in Jasper for their hard work over the festive period.