Ontario Provincial Police are justifying their use of an emergency alert Friday that told residents in Lanark County and Sharbot Lake in eastern Ontario to shelter in place because of armed men, despite the fact that no armed men were ever found.
The chaotic scene unfolded Feb. 10 when, during an investigation into a stolen vehicle, police received information that two individuals armed with a handgun were spotted near the Beckwith Township Arena on the Ninth Line of Beckwith. An emergency broadcast alert sent to cell phones across the region urged people to stay in their homes and report suspicious persons.
"Public safety emergency alerts are only issued when there is an ongoing, urgent and significant threat to life," the OPP said. "One of the criteria for an emergency alert is that the threat is neither isolated nor contained. Because the suspects were at large, the emergency alert was issued to surrounding townships and municipalities."
Police had released names and photos of the two men, but later retracted them when they determined they weren't connected to the original investigation into the stolen vehicle. The alert was later lifted when police said the situation no longer met the criteria for a public safety alert. On Friday, police said an ongoing search determined that there was actually no firearm involved.
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