It was an unnerving situation for Vernon RCMP over the weekend when a group of young party goers started throwing rocks at them.

Police responded to a complaint of a noisy party at Kalamalka Lake Road near the railroad tracks just after 10:30 Friday night.

RCMP spokesperson, Gord Molendyk, says after arriving on scene they immediately took several of the loud party-goers into custody.

“While that was happening, several of the party-goers climbed onto the railway tracks, which is directly above the location of the party and began throwing rocks at the police below,” says Molendyk.

He says they threw small rocks for a few minutes and then began throwing larger pieces of concrete at officers.

“Thankfully, none of the officers were injured, but they could have been. Some damage was done to the police cruisers in the form of dents and some broken windows.”

Molendyk says due to the elevated location of the tracks, the rock throwers got away before police could arrest them.

“They were above the officers’ heads, so they couldn’t identify who was throwing the rocks. It’s very unsettling to think what could have happened if one of the rocks had hit someone in the head. They had no protection.”

The people arrested are facing charges of being drunk in a public place.