Collisions spike, mental health calls and the tooth fairy: Fort St. John RCMP reveals December work

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — While crime went down at the end of 2025, the Fort St. John RCMP detachment says collisions, impaired driving and mental health calls spiked. 

In the monthly policing report included in the January 26th City of Fort St. John council agenda, Sergeant Jaime Moffat, the acting officer in charge of the detachment, noted the city saw a “downward trend” in several notable crime categories but an increase in other areas. 

Officers also assisted a young child who was struggling to regulate their emotions after an incident with the tooth fairy.

“[RCMP] members were kept very busy in the month of December with collisions and impaired driving,” Moffat stated. 

Vehicle collisions in the city rose from 38 in November to 63 in December, with Moffat explaining this was due to the significant snowfall impacting road conditions. Calls for assistance with mental health concerns also increased from 18 in November to 29 in December.

“Statistically, calls for mental health increase over the winter season due to many casual factors,” Moffat wrote.

Property crimes against vehicles decreased in December, with three incidents of theft of a vehicle over or under $5,000 compared to six in November. Reports of theft from a motor vehicle over or under $5,000 also went down, going from eight in November to six in December. 

Calls for breaking and entering into a residence decreased by one, going from 10 in November to nine in December, and breaking and entering into a business reports only increased by one to five compared to the previous month. 

At the end of the report, Moffat noted some of the “small but meaningful acts” members of the detachment made time for within the community. 

“Examples of these acts include members buying food for someone with nowhere to go, sitting with a youth who is not feeling heard or in crisis to help them reconnect with a guardian, or simply just being there to listen,” Moffat said. 

“Members helping citizens in the community navigate icy parking lots to helping carry groceries for an elderly person.”

One incident in particular involved an officer responding to a nine-year-old resident who was “unable to calm down.”

“The member sat with the youth, listened and discovered that one of the issues

was a tooth under the child’s pillow that hadn’t yet ‘been collected’ by the tooth fairy,” Moffat said. 

The officer stayed with the child until they calmed, educated their guardian about the tooth fairy and provided change for the tooth. 

As of December 2025, the detachment had eight vacancies ranging from serious crime to general duty. Of those, five vacancies are temporary, with three members off sick, one on parental leave and one on administrative leave. 

Two officers, one new and one experienced, are expected to join the detachment at the end of January and February 2026 respectively. 

To read the full report, see below.