Starlee Speers Astral Media Radio (Vernon) Apr. 28
RCMP say they've made improvements after a National Investigative Board made recommendations in a 2004 report concerning parolee Eric Fish in Vernon. Fish was at large from a halfway house for nearly seven weeks but he wasn't arrested until two days after he murdered 75 year-old Vernon resident Bill Abramenko. Vernon RCMP Inspector Steve McVarnock says, police have since improved communications with local probations workers. "I know there was one confirmed sighting when one of our plainclothes officers actually saw him out and about himself and gave chase. He called in additional police resources to help but they were unable to apprehend Mr. Fish at the time." The investigative report found Corrections Services could also do more to assist police in quickly locating offenders at large in the community.
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