Selon un agent, les responsables à Ottawa auraient conseillé aux agents en poste à Sechelt de ne pas répondre aux appels venant de Pender Harbour, qui compte pourtant quelques milliers d'habitants.
One officer was quoted as saying that they have been told by Ottawa not to go up to Pender Harbour from Sechelt to cover things at night, and yet there are a few thousand people who live there.