Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Bell owns a fast food restaurant on Highway 97 and Leathead Road in Kelowna.Story continues below advertisement“Our employee came out to ask him to stop and that was when he stood up and threatened our employee and said I’m going to stab you,” Bell said.
Bell said the list of concerns is long and includes break-ins, thefts, fires being started next to the building and other public mischief.“We had someone standing up on the table, throwing food at people. We’ve had a guy just peeing on chairs,” Bell said. Colleen Clark told Global News that property crime and public safety were the two main concerns expressed at a recent roundtable the chamber hosted involving dozens of local businesses.
“Chief among the issues discussed with Deputy Premier, Solicitor General and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth was Kelowna’s desire for a stronger focus on repeat property offenders, which also aligns with the Mayor’s Task Force on Crime Reduction recommendations,” spokesperson Tom Wilson said in an email.