By Chad Klassen

North Shore businesses interested in what CAP team can bring

Apr 19, 2018 | 4:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — Businesses on the North Shore are looking forward to what the Customer Care and Patrol (CAP) team will bring to the North Shore next month, but at least one owner says the Tranquille Corridor may need more in the future. 

Renato Uliana, who owns Sorriso and Bruno’s Cold Beer & Wine store, says he’s happy with the new initiative to try and clean up the north side of the river, but he also realizes two people may not be enough. 

“I think having two CAP members on the Tranquille strip is going to be a great idea, but I think we need more than just two. Maybe four, maybe six because it’s quite the problem,” he noted. “But hey, two’s better than none.”

Businesses have been calling for more safety measures for years, speaking loud and clear last September in the Safe Streets Survey that saw 104 business participate and close to 1,000 people engage in the conversation. 

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Uliana hopes the two new CAP team members can help to keep the street people clear of businesses. 

“What I am hoping they will do, and I don’t know if it’s in their mandate, is to keep people moving along. Don’t loiter in front of our cold beer and wine stores, our businesses because we’ve had enough and we just want to have our customers come into our businesses without being harrassed,” he said. 

The CAP team will be trained in the coming weeks before beginning in mid-May.