Defibrillator swiped from Port Moody rec centre
Police don’t know when or why, but at some point in the last couple weeks a thief made off with the Automated External Defibrillator from the lobby of the city’s rec centre on Ioco Road.
The AED is kept in a wall mount and meant to be accessible to the public to make it easy to save a life during a medical emergency, explained Port Moody Police Department media relations officer Const. Sam Zacharias.
Staff at the rec centre reported the theft on Wednesday. The prevailing belief is that the AED was taken at some point in the last couple weeks.
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“We do not have a great time frame right now but the thought is it may have been later in the evening when the arena is open but the facility is not, as there are far less people around,” Zacharias explained in an email to the Dispatch.
“It is really troubling that someone would steal a device which serves such an important purpose for our community” Zacharias stated.
The AED is valued at more than $2,000.
Anyone with information on the theft is asked to contact Crime Stoppers or to reach out to the Port Moody Police Department at 604-461-3456 or tips@portmoodypolice.com.
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