The province will review the alerts sent out Monday.
A series of emergency alerts sent out on Monday after a shooting spree in Langley was only the second time in history that the alert was used for an active shooter in British Columbia.
Police used the alert to ask the public to stay out of the area after a lone gunman shot and killed two people and injured two others. Police found the suspect shortly before 6 a.m. on Monday and fatally shot him. During a press conference on Monday, Sgt. David Lee with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the alert was sent at the appropriate time. “As the information became know to us and a proper risk assessment was done...
The first time an active shooter alert was issue in the province was last November, in Vanderhoof. “They have learned lessons from what happened in Nova Scotia and Vanderhoof, so of course they will review how things were done and the way they were done,” he says. E-Comm, the 911 service and dispatcher for Metro Vancouver and B.C., issued a tweet asking people to stop calling and complaining about the emergency. Staff said 911 should only be dialled for emergencies.
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