Public Assistance

The Calgary Police Service is seeking public assistance for information surrounding a suspicious person who approached a school bus driver and student.

 

On Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, around 3:30 p.m., a school bus was stopped on Queensland Drive S.E. and had just finished letting some students off when a car pulled up in front of the bus, stopped and backed up close to the front of the bus. An unknown man got out of the car, peered into the bus and approached the passenger door. Motioning to a seven-year-old female student in the front seat, the man asked the driver if the girl had a ride home. The driver, who was familiar with the student and the family members who most often picked her up, told the man the student’s father was waiting for her.

 

The man returned to his vehicle, quickly pulling away in a U-turn and left the area.

 

The man is described as Caucasian, 6’ tall, weighing 190 – 200 lbs, with light brown, shoulder-length hair, a brown, neatly-trimmed beard, and large blue eyes. He may be in his late 40s early 50s, and has a British or Australian accent. He was wearing a bright yellow-orange jacket with clean, tidy blue jeans.

 

The vehicle is described as newer-model, grey SUV, which was recently washed.

 

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers anonymously, using any of the following methods:

TALK: 1-800-222-8477
TYPE: tttTIPS.com
TEXT: tttTIPS to 274637