Longtime B.C. Mountie spends last shift on duty in Nanaimo with her son
NANAIMO — After a 32-year career, a B.C. Mountie spent her last shift in Nanaimo on the beat with a rookie officer she has been training her whole life.
Joanne Callens closed out her career in Nanaimo last Friday night on general duty with her 23-year-old son Ty Skrine, a newcomer still in his first year with the force.
Callens, who was posted in Kelowna, said it was perfect timing because her son was on night shift at the time and those are “always a little more fun.”
“You might come across something a little more interesting, which we did. The night started a little slow but then it picked up,” she told NanaimoNewsNOW. “Ty was like ‘Okay mom, stand back’ and I was like ‘You know what, I have been doing this for a while, it’s okay.’”