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Driver Caught With Small Amount Of Weed

(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 […]

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Building Safe Communities

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 […]

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Harper Government Announces New Medical Marihuana Regulations

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 […]

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Drug Bust – Garratt, Featherstone and Brownlee Charged

(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) […]

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Easy Tips For Crime Prevention

(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 […]

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Spotlight on Huron OPP Bicycle Patrol Unit

(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 […]

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Ashley McCharles – Drive While Suspended

(GODERICH, ON) – A 25 year old female driver will be making a court appearance following a traffic stop last night. Just before 10:30 p.m. a driver of a silver Honda Civic was stopped on MacEwan Street for a sobriety and documentation check. A driver’s licence check was completed which revealed the driver was currently […]

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Boat Trailer Stolen

(HOWICK, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are investigating the theft of a boat trailer stolen from a Victoria Street property located in Fordwich. The trailer was stolen sometime between 7:00 p.m. on June 4 and 7:00 p.m. on June 5, 2013. The trailer is a 1988 EZ loader, white with blue […]

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Buzzed Driver Caught

(BLUEWATER, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint put the brakes on a driver heading to a service call on June 5, 2013. At approximately 7:40 p.m. a GMC truck entered the checkpoint located at the intersection of Parr Line and Mill Road. Huron County OPP Officers spoke with the driver and noted […]

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Vehicle With Improper Plates Towed

(KINCARDINE, ON) On June 6, 2013 at 12:45 am, a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police officer on patrol along Concession 9 in Kincardine Township saw a Black Dodge Charger moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle speed was locked on radar at 117 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. The officer also […]