Wingham Free PressCentral Hastings O.P.P would like to remind drivers to adhere to is Ontario’s Move Over law. This law applies to all motorists who are approaching a police, fire or ambulance vehicle in the same direction of travel, stopped on the roadside with its lights flashing. Drivers in this situation are required to slow down and […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – Quinte West OPP launched Operation Crossroads today throughout the city with the goal of reducing collisions. Operation Crossroads will focus on education and enforcement at intersections. To date in 2013, the Quinte West OPP has investigated 623 collision or 60 collisions per month. The vast majority of these collisions occur on […]
(NIPIGON, ON.) -On Friday November 29, 2013 at 11:45 p.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of an assault that had occurred at a business in the Town of Terrace Bay. A male sustained injuries after being struck by a second male. After investigation, officers arrested […]
(MAPLETON TOWNSHIP, ON) – Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a structural fire at a residence in Drayton, Mapleton Township on November 29, 2013, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Mapleton Fire Rescue attended the scene and extinguished the fire, containing it to the basement. There were no injuries, and the fire is not […]
(Bancroft, Ontario) – The Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the public that even though there is ice on some lakes and rivers in the Bancroft area, you need to use caution if you choose to be on them. Not every lake is the same and varying winter weather […]
(GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, ON) -On November 30, 2013 at approximately 2:27 a.m., officers from the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Festive R.I.D.E. team were conducting a R.I.D.E. Program on Highway 7 and Woolwich-Guelph Townline, Guelph-Eramosa Township. A male driver of a 2006 Audi entered the check point and showed signs of alcohol consumption. A roadside […]
(GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, ON) -On November 30, 2013 at approximately 3:32 a.m., the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Festive R.I.D.E. team set up a R.I.D.E. Program on Highway 7 and Woolwich-Guelph Townline, Guelph-Eramosa Township. A male driver of a 2001 Volkswagen showed signs of alcohol consumption. A roadside screening device test was used and a […]
(PUSLINCH TOWNSHIP, ON) – Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to two theft of vehicle complaints that occurred at the Morriston car pool lot located at Highway 6 and Highway 401, Puslinch Township. The vehicles were a 1992 GMC Sierra and 2004 GMC Sierra pickup trucks. They took place sometime between November 29 […]
(Bancroft, Ontario) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) completed the first week of their annual Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign. The Bancroft OPP was visible conducting R.I.D.E. checks at various locations throughout the Bancroft detachment area between Saturday November 23rd and Saturday November 30th. A total of 926 vehicles were checked. Officers charged […]
(NOTTAWASAGA, ON)- Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were busy over the weekend with 135 calls for service. On November 30, 2013 at 1:17am, an OPP Officer observed a motor vehicle heading east along Albert Street in the Town of New Tecumseth and the vehicle driver had a difficult time keeping the vehicle straight, the Officer […]