At least one concerned parent is speaking out after a pair of needles were found at the top of a stairwell near Rutland Learning Centre on Monday morning.

According to 91大黄鸭 resident Kandra Seguin, the needles were found when a grandmother was dropping off her grandchild to go to school for the day. After Seguin was notified on a local Facebook group that a 鈥済reenish鈥� substance was found in the needles, she called police to let them know about the situation.

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鈥淚 called the police, and I got the interpretation that they didn鈥檛 follow-up with it. They didn鈥檛 call me back鈥�, she said.

Sheryl Thompson, the teacher who was notified about the situation by students, said she didn鈥檛 know what was in the needles, but properly disposed of them in a disposal box.

鈥淚 contacted my administrator to make sure I was following the right protocol to pick up the needles. It didn鈥檛 look like the needles had been used. They still had safety caps on them,鈥� said Thompson.

鈥淭hey could鈥檝e been used for insulin or for diabetes. We don鈥檛 know.鈥�

Thompson said that this isn鈥檛 the first time needles have been found by the staircase near the end of the strip mall.

鈥淭his is my third year working here. I think we鈥檝e seen needles here on two or three separate occasions.鈥�

While no one was hurt in the incident, Seguin has said that more needs to be done by police.

鈥淚鈥檇 like a protocol to be followed when needles are found full of a substance,鈥� she said.

鈥淲e鈥檙e just concerned that there鈥檚 drugs laying around where our kids are playing. No one seems to care.鈥�

In a statement, the RCMP said they never received a call about the needles.

If the RCMP find abondoned needles a spokesperson said they destroy them and attempt to conduct an investigation.

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