Missed Prison Break Alerts Opportunity for Improvement, Says Island Mayor
The district restored One Call access and plans more staff training after 1,400 subscribers missed the June 28 notice.
- On June 28, Metchosin residents did not receive an emergency notification when inmate Ernest Jensen escaped from the William Head Institution because the One Call alert system was not active.
- Fire Chief Dan Verdun replaced Fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop in March after Dunlop left for Central Saanich Fire Department, creating a gap where One Call was not integrated into operational processes during the transition.
- Roughly 1,400 residents missed the One Call alert, though Metchosin Mayor Marie-T Little notes many subscribed to the Pod emergency program. Little attempted to reach as many of the 5,067 residents as possible after Jensen's escape.
- Access to One Call has been restored with multiple personnel trained to use it, while Metchosin Fire encourages residents to sign up for Alertable, a free emergency notification app, to supplement future safety alerts.
- Metchosin, the Correctional Service of Canada, and West Shore RCMP will conduct a SWOT analysis to identify emergency response improvements. Little is also considering repurposing the Fire Hall siren for extreme situations including inmate escapes.
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Missed prison break alerts opportunity for improvement, says Metchosin mayor - Grand Forks Gazette
Reflecting on the district’s response in the hours after news broke that a prisoner was unaccounted for at the William Head Institution in late June, Metchosin Mayor Marie-Térèse Little acknowledges there is room for improvement. “This is not a catastrophe,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for us to look at our emergency management, look at what we did right, and then identify the gaps in the system.” One of those gaps identified is the emergency…
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Missed prison break alerts opportunity for improvement, says Metchosin mayor
Reflecting on the district’s response in the hours after news broke that a prisoner was unaccounted for at the William Head Institution in late June, Metchosin Mayor Marie-Térèse Little acknowledges there is room for improvement. “This is not a catastrophe,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for us to look at our emergency management, look at what we did right, and then identify the gaps in the system.” One of those gaps identified is the emergency…
Missed prison break alerts opportunity for improvement, says Island mayor
Reflecting on the district’s response in the hours after news broke that a prisoner was unaccounted for at the William Head Institution in late June, Metchosin Mayor Marie-Térèse Little acknowledges there is room for improvement. “This is not a catastrophe,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for us to look at our emergency management, look at what we did right, and then identify the gaps in the system.” One of those gaps identified is the emergency…
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