Tag: Area OPP

(ALMA, ON) – On Thursday October 4, 2012 at about 8:16am, a County of Wellington OPP officer was conducting seat belt compliance checks in the Village of Alma. As a result a male driver was stopped operating a 2005 Ford pick-up truck and was charged with Driver Fail to Wear Seat Belt, contrary to the […]

(AURORA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reported that eight people lost their lives in five separate motor vehicle collisions on Ontario roads and one person was killed in an off-road vehicle incident over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Sadly, a total of four people died in one collision alone. Over the weekend, the OPP […]

(PERTH COUNTY, ON) Perth County OPP officers played a major part in this years Canada wide “Operation Impact”. With dedicated patrols along Perth County Roads this Thanksgiving weekend, we are thankful to report no that no major injury or fatality collisions occurred within the County. As part of this campaign, officers maintained a ‘zero tolerance’, […]

(HARRISTON, ON) – The County of Wellington OPP would like to thank members of the media and the public for their assistance in the investigation into the missing female, Terri-Lynn Attwood. She was located, in good health and unharmed in Owen Sound on Monday October 8th.

(WALKERTON, ON) – On October 1, 2012 at 8:10 am, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a theft report from a tire repair business along Jackson Street South in Walkerton. Sometime between 5:30 pm on September 28, 2012 and 7:45 am on September 29, 2012, tires were taken off the lot in front […]

(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Friday October 05, 2012, shortly after 2 a.m., a Perth County OPP officer on patrol in Listowel observed a car being driven erratically on Wallace Ave North. The officer followed the north bound Honda Accord and observed it nearly driving into a curb. The officer initiated a traffic stop […]

(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Officers from the Huron County & Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments are teaming up tomorrow for a large scale R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) initiative. Huron’s largest ever single day R.I.D.E program coincides with start of Operation Impact, which is a national traffic initiative to save lives and reduce […]

(BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – Members of the Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police with assistance from the Bruce Peninsula OPP Auxiliary Unit will be out this Thanksgiving Holiday accepting food donations in support of our local communities. We will be at Fretz’s Valu-Mart in Sauble Beach this Saturday the sixth of October from 12:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. […]

(WALKERTON, ON) – On October 3, 2012 at 9:24 am, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a suspicious male walking through back yards along Yonge Street South in Walkerton. Officers located the male next to a home on Hinks Street. 19 year old Joshua GOSSE of Walkerton has been charged […]

(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues to receive reports of “sick Raccoons” across the detachment area. Police officers are always available to deal with urgent calls for service, but not for destruction or relocation of a healthy raccoon. Raccoons have the same basic needs as humans – food, […]