Children robbed of cellphones
and their faith in police: Parent
A letter published in the Vancouver Sun, Nov. 15, 2011
I guess the RCMP no longer considers armed robbery committed on a minor to be a serious offence.
Recently, my son and his friend, both 13, were waiting for friends at the playground at Cindrich elementary school in Surrey at 4 p.m.
Three youths, 17 to 20 years old, approached my son and his friend, produced a pipe, and demanded the boys hand over their cellphones and any money they had. They had no money, but both of them (wisely) handed over their cellphones.
They ran to my house and called the RCMP who said they would come and see them. I, and the parents of the other child, showed up 20 minutes later. After an hour I called the RCMP. They said they would be there in an hour. I waited six hours and went to bed.
The kids are traumatized and now realize that all the stories they have been told about the police coming to help you, are just that, stories.
If they won’t show up or even call about an armed robbery on two children, what will they show up for?
Terry Robinson
Surrey
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