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Parking meters trashed

Thousands of dollars in damage has been done to dozens of parking meters throughout Vernon.

In all, 74 meters were badly damaged over the weekend, almost all of the clocks have been broken or removed. The cost to repair the damage caused by the vandalism spree is approximately $20,000.

Tanya Laing Gahr, City of Vernon communications officer, said city officials are hoping the public can assist in efforts to find the culprit or culprits by providing video footage from surveillance cameras or helping to locate missing meters or meter parts.

“Nineteen meter clocks have been recovered in various states of damage. There was no money stolen from the meters,” said Laing Gahr. “It was all over town. They hit a number of them all over the place.

"The public is asked to contact the Vernon RCMP and quote RCMP File 2015-26425 if they have any information that may help in locating those responsible. Council policy allows a $500 reward for supplying information to the RCMP which results in the conviction of people damaging civic property.”



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