Northern Ont. mayor says better police communication needed in wake of Highway 11 shooting
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The mayor of Coleman Township, just south of Temiskaming Shores, said he is frustrated with how Ontario Provincial Police officers handled communication during the fatal Highway 11 shooting last week.
The mayor of Coleman Township, just south of Temiskaming Shores, said he is frustrated with how Ontario Provincial Police officers handled communication during the fatal Highway 11 shooting last week.
When OPP shut down a section of the highway to investigate a fatal shooting, Coleman Township Mayor Dan Cleroux said he felt residents were left in the dark about the length of the closure.
Cleroux spoke to CTV News in an online video interview Tuesday and expressed concerns about the police’s emergency plans and their communication.
"We received hardly any communication and with OPP, it’s usually very good," Cleroux said.
"Our citizens were starting to question why nobody had contacted us."
He said he was concerned that if a separate emergency were to occur and either firefighters or paramedics needed to use the highway, then they wouldn’t have been able to get through.
