RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

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RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT THROUGH THE YEARS 1979 Surrey Detachment With a commute reduced by half, I was posted, in March 1979, to Surrey Detachment, the largest RCMP Detachment in Canada. Best place I’ve ever worked. Non-stop action and adventure. I was one of 2 Corporals on a Sergeant’s watch, working 12 hour shifts, 2 days, 2 nights, then 4 off (‘cept the first one was spent sleeping). I particularly Detachment enjoyed the night shifts as there was always so much going on, and the time passed quickly. And I didn’t have to take calls (but I did anyway – those that could be concluded immediately upon my attending a scene. That way the other members were free to take the more serious calls. More often than not, calls were backed-up awaiting dispatch to available members. I provided backup on many calls that I thought needed it (most of them), and otherwise patrolled myself, looking for trouble and doing bar walks with other members, just to let people know we were there, and preventing ‘bad things’ from happening… not always successful there. The night life in Surrey was hopping…every night, and until late. I was guaranteed a knockdown, drag out fight once in every set of 4 shifts. Had to make an arrest one night on a busy thoroughfare, and needed backup. A crowd had gathered on the sidewalks and were sympathetic to the fellow I was arresting. Backup arrived and the two of us struggled to get this guy on the ground. He was massive, towering over us, and was a semi-pro hockey player – young and in top shape – but drunk. The other member helping me took out his ‘billy’ and started smacking this guy, but happened to get me on the back of my hand as it was wrapped around his head. That hurt. Finally subdued the monster and took him (and me with what I thought was a broken hand) to the hospital for a quick check-up and stitches before booking him into the cells. Working in Surrey provided a member with experience in every possible type of event you could think of, from murder to a cat up a tree. Absolutely loved it! And we had fun…seeing who could get the police car, from a stop, to burn rubber for the longest distance up a steep hill on the King George Highway…at about 5 in the morning when no one was around. Because of the size of the Detachment area, arresting someone and returning them to the cells at our office in Cloverdale (since demolished and relocated) could take you off the road for at least an hour. Impaired drivers were the worst, taking twice as long to process, so a lot of 24- hour suspensions were handed out instead. Most nights, especially weekends, you just couldn’t afford to take a man off the road for that length of time…just too busy. I must have driven over 100 miles every shift. I took my friend Bill Daniels on a ride-along one Friday night, after he had signed a waiver. It was a busy Friday night. Got a call to an out-of-control bush party, so off we went to back up the Constables. Arrived to find a fire truck attempting to douse a bonfire, and being pelted with beer bottles. Sustained quite a bit of damage. Bill and I got out of the police car, and bottles June 2017 135
RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT THROUGH THE YEARS flew our way too. After a bottle landed very close to Bill he jumped back in the car. A close call. At another out-of-control event, a dance in a community hall, I was first to arrive on the scene as everyone else was tied up on calls, and my car was immediately surrounded by a large group who started rocking it trying to turn it over. This was the one and only time I feared for my safety and pressed the ‘panic button’ – a red button on our radios that signaled the communications centre of an immediate emergency. Glad I had been good to my Constables, as many of them showed up almost immediately to provide backup. Out-of-control house parties, bush parties, bar fights…you name it, we had it. It got so rough that I, as a ‘road supervisor’, brought out the shotgun that only the supervisor’s vehicle was equipped with, on numerous occasions and had it ready at many calls. It was a bad crowd in Surrey, and getting worse. My annual performance appraisal this year recommended me for full-time University training, and for the “High-Potential-Development” program (long-since discontinued). This program was designed to recognize the high level of performance of members, their willingness to undertake any type of duty (and posting), and were desirous of a Commission. That was me, and I stayed in that program for as long as it existed. I started taking University correspondence courses in Criminology. Very difficult (for me) in that I was working shifts, had the three kids, and had to submit numerous essays on numerous topics…all handwritten of course. I did about 3 of those courses over the next year. Regardless of the extra-curricular school work I had burdened myself with, we always did a lot with the children, taking them hither and yon. There was so much to see and do in that part of the country, so after I’d cut the grass and done my ‘chores’ on my days off (garden, wash and wax the cars, etc.), we were gone…somewhere…anywhere…hikes in the woods, lakes, parks, the ocean, you name it, and we’d usually splurge on McDonald’s or White Spot for supper on the way home. Tim, Christopher, and Robyne On a road trip - 1979 Christopher, Tim and Robyne Abbotsford – Christmas - 1979 June 2017 136
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