Image: Sheila Gillis, used with permission / In this image shared by lifelong Hope resident Sheila Gillis, a police sniper sets up on a roof during a high-risk incident, possibly a raid of a home near Yale Street and Thacker Avenue, Monday evening in Hope. According to multiple witnesses and residents on social media, police used a multitude of tactics during the high-risk incident including police dogs, drones, flash bangs, and snipers.
Police surround home in Hope
Police deployed to Hope for high-risk incident Monday night
Aug 21, 2023 | 10:25 PM
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HOPE — Heavily armed police, presumably from the RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), surrounded a home near Yale Street and Thacker Avenue in Hope Monday night in what some residents characterized as a raid on a house.
Residents and witnesses on social media said police used all kinds of tactics and techniques during the high-risk incident including police dogs, drones, flash bangs, and snipers.
Police officers in both uniforms and plain clothes took their positions near Yale and Thacker, with guns drawn, during the incident that started sometime Monday evening.
Image: Tiffany Boyko-Yorke, used with permission / In this image shared by Tiffany Boyko-Yorke, police set up positions during a high-risk incident Monday night near Yale Street and Thacker Avenue northeast of downtown Hope. The home pictured on the right has no relationship to the high-risk incident. 