RCMP responded to a 911 call about a man brandishing a firearm near the Kopar Memorial Arena at midday Wednesday, Dec. 18
Two cruisers responded and officers armed with rifles began a search.
However, the firearm in question turned out to be a pellet gun found by a homeless man in the woods near the arena.
Police quickly questioned the man and left the scene.
The RCMP wants to remind citizens to treat imitation firearms like they are real. Police will treat all firearm reports like they involve real guns, regardless of whether they are real, imitation or a less-lethal weapon like a pellet gun.
For your safety and others do not bring pellet guns into public unless they are concealed, police say.
If you are planning to bring a prop gun into a public area for a film or social media post, call the non-emergency line beforehand and let them know where, when, and why.
