Prince Rupert hospital locked down, man arrested following threats to health care workers
A 51-year-old Prince Rupert man was arrested and subsequently released on conditions after allegedly making threats against health care workers last week.
Due to the seriousness and nature of the threats, police apprehended the man, wrote Cst. Gabriel Gravel, media relations officer for the Prince Rupert RCMP detachment in an email to“The man was brought to P.R. Regional Hospital to be assessed by a medical doctor, but was ultimately not committed,” Gravel stated.“Firearms, ammunition and other weapons including prohibited ones were seized as a result,” Gravel stated.
Northern Health also put their own security procedures in place. Within an hour of the incident, the health authority had set up controlled access at the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, Acropolis Manor and the Community Health Unit.that was sent to health care staff on the day of the incident, Northern Health stated additional security measures were put in place “out of an abundance of caution” and the risk for targeted violence was low.
The memo stated that at Acropolis Manor and the health unit, all doors had been locked and only people approved by a screener or a designate would be let in. “Our normal baseline is one security member and what we’ve done for the next two weeks, just again out of an abundance of caution, is just to have two security members on site, which just allows us to have a greater presence which helps reassure the staff.”
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