 Civic leaders called on the federal government to respond to the bombing with "drastic action" and the government of British Columbia offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible.Fearing vigilantism on the part of the miners or others affected by the sect's actions, the RCMP brought in one hundred officers from the prairies to watch over the tensions.On March 24, 1962, RCMP officers, on the strength of two confessions of sect members implicating the Sons of Freedom, arrested fifty-seven members of the sect.