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Sunshine Coast
2025-06-09 11:52 HAP
Dossier nº 2025-4083
Under the Official Languages Act, this office provides services to the public in English only. You will find general information in both official languages at bc.rcmp.ca and rcmp.ca
Aux termes de la Loi sur les langues officielles, ce bureau n'offre des services au public qu'en anglais. Vous trouverez des renseignements généraux dans les deux langues officielles au cb.grc.ca et grc.ca.
On June 8, 2025, at approximately 6:56 p.m., Sunshine Coast RCMP responded to a report of a man experiencing a mental health crisis, walking into the ocean near the 4600 block of Sunshine Coast Highway. Witnesses reported the man yelling and treading water as he moved further from shore.
Police quickly activated Search and Rescue, notified the Coast Guard who issued a mayday call and reached out to the community for assistance. Officers deployed the Sunshine Coast RCMP police boat to aid in the response while community members stepped in to help, one launching a kayak to monitor the man and another offering his power boat to transport police to the male while the RCMP boat was enroute.
After nearly 50 minutes in the water, the man was located near White Islets. Initially cooperative, he later became combative and tried to re-enter the water. Officers from the police boat and the assisting kayaker helped safely restrain and remove the man from the good Samaritan's vessel.
He was brought back to shore, transferred to BC Emergency Health Services, and taken to hospital for observation.
Without the quick action of civilians and police, endangering their own safety for someone in distress, the results could have been tragic
The Sunshine Coast RCMP are grateful to all those who stepped up without hesitation to help.
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Courriel : medias_sunshinecoast@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Site Web : bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/sunshinecoast (en anglais seulement)