EDITORIAL – Protecting store clerks from robbers is a two-way street

(Image: Mel Rothenburger)

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger.

BUSINESSMAN DENIS WALSH — as opposed to Coun. Denis Walsh — hasn’t had a good couple of weeks.

First, his Movie Mart store was robbed. Then it was robbed again. Then WorksafeBC inspected it — and nailed Walsh with eight violations.

One of WorksafeBC’s responsibilities is keeping employees safe from robberies and such, and there are a host of rules around that. When there was a rash of violence against graveyard-shift gas-station employees a few years ago, for example, WorksafeBC moved in with new measures such as protective barriers and a requirement for multiple workers on overnight shifts.

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Mel Rothenburger is a former mayor of Kamloops and newspaper editor. He publishes the ArmchairMayor.ca opinion website, and is a director on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board. He can be reached at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.