Vernon parking meters vandalized Sunday evening, City seeks help

Posted November 30, 2015

A significant number of parking meters were badly damaged over the weekend and the City of Vernon is hoping the public can assist by providing any video footage from surveillance cameras or helping locate missing meters or meter parts.

Seventy-four meters were damaged in total, with the clocks from 72 meters broken or removed, resulting in approximately $20,000 in damage. Nineteen meter clocks have been recovered in various states of damage. There was no money stolen from the meters.

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 $500.00 reward for supplying information to the RCMP which results in the conviction of people damaging Civic Property.