Wingham Free Press(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Monday June 10, 2013, around 3 p.m. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a two vehicle crash on Line 60 just west of Hwy 23, north of Monkton. Investigation revealed that the driver of a Chevy Optra was stopped in the east bound lane of […]
(NICHOL TWP, ON) On Friday June 7, 2013 at approximately 9:53pm members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting moving radar and monitoring traffic on Highway 6 near the 4th Line of Nichol Twp. At this time and location Constable Ian Donaldson observed 2 north bound vehicles that were in close proximity […]
(CENTRE WELLINGTON TWP, ON) On Friday June 7, 2013 at approximately 11:13pm officers from the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding a pick-up truck that failed to stop at the intersection of County Rd. 29 and County Rd. 18 and preceded north bound through the trees and came to rest in […]
This letter to the editor is in response to a recent Chamber of Commerce article attributed to policing costs and “a broken Arbitration system†being responsible for escalating taxes in the City. My first question to the Chamber would be how conclusions came about regarding the Owen Sound Police Service and information was distributed before […]
(CITY OF GUELPH, ON) On Friday June 7, 2013 at approximately 9:08am Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers stopped at 2009 Dodge Caliber that was travelling south bound on Gordon Street in the City of Guelph, for a Highway Traffic Act violation. Police spoke with the male driver and during the investigation a small […]
Building a Safe Community is about more than just crime prevention. A Safe Community is protecting people from all types of harm, i.e. injury prevention and victimization. Every year members of the South Bruce Detachment investigate occurrences where people are victimized, sometimes injured, as a result of criminal behaviour. Other investigations include those injured as […]
OTTAWA – Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced new regulations that will change the way Canadians access marihuana for medical purposes. The new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on June 19, 2013. While the courts have said that there must be reasonable […]
(SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA – ON) – On Friday, June 7, 2013, at approximately 6:00 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), West Region Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) members with assistance from the West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), the West Region Canine Unit (K-9), and Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) […]
(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers continue to respond to calls for service throughout the County of Wellington that are easily preventable. Crimes against property occur regularly in the County and the criminal look for easy opportunities. They will steal anything from motor vehicles, farm equipment, tools or loose change […]
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment Bicycle Patrol Unit has returned to action for the 2013 summer season. This is the second year of existence for the dedicated full- time two member unit. Building on the success of the 2012 season, officers this year are looking forward to another […]