The City of Calgary said it’s received hundreds of calls about social distancing concerns, including complaints about neighbours not practising social distancing or breaking mass gathering rules.
Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi said these calls are encouraged and people who have concerns should report them through channels like 311 or the Calgary police non-emergency number.
Nenshi said he received many questions from Calgarians about whether they should be ratting out their neighbours. “I’ve received lots of notes, from friends and Facebook people and so on, that are saying, ‘Hey, my neighbour’s having a party, Is it wrong for me to rat them out, to be that blunt?” he said Tuesday. “That’s what 311 and that’s what the police non-emergency line