Wingham Free Press(PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY) With The summer weather creeping in, visitors to Prince Edward County are on the rise. The Prince Edward County (PEC) detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are urging people to stay safe and be vigilant when picking up hitchhikers this summer. Section 177(1) of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) states that […]
(TAVISTOCK, ON) – On May 28, 2019, members of Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with members of the West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), West Region Canine and West Region Crisis Negotiators responded to an incident involving a person in crisis in Tavistock. John MATHERS, 50-years-old, […]
(TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON, ON) – On Tuesday May 28, 2019, at approximately 8:45 a.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was monitoring traffic on Wellington Road 17, east of Alma. The officer observed a passenger vehicle travelling at a speed that appeared to be well above the posted 80 km/h speed limit. The […]
(MONKTON, ON) – A joint investigation involving members of the Perth County and Huron County detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), has led to the arrest of a second person. The investigation involved the theft of 2 Sea-Doo model personal watercrafts and a trailer from a rural residence on Road 168, near Monkton. The […]
(TOWNSHIP OF PUSLINCH, ON) – On Wednesday May 20th, 2019 at approximately 4:15 p.m. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a single vehicle collision at Wellington Road 34 at Watson Road South in the Township of Puslinch. Initial reports indicated that a passenger vehicle had collided with a ditch at this […]
(CITY OF GUELPH, ON) – On Monday May 20, 2019, at approximately 3:45p.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was monitoring traffic on the Hanlon Parkway at Laird Road in the City of Guelph. The officer observed a passenger vehicle travelling above the posted 80 km/h speed limit. The vehicle was locked on […]
(TOWNSHIP OF GEORGIAN BLUFFS, ON) – On May 27, 2019 at approximately 9:56 a.m., the Grey-Bruce Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a stolen e-bike from a residence on Grey Road 1 in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. Sometime between 10:00 p.m. on May 26th and 09:56 a.m. on May […]
(TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON) – On Sunday May 19th, 2019 at approximately 3:00 p.m. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a single vehicle collision at Wellington Road 19 at Wellington Road 16 near Belwood. Initial reports indicated that a pick-up truck entered a ditch at this location. Wellington County OPP […]
(SAUGEEN SHORES, ON) – On May 27, 2019 the South Bruce Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended Hwy 21 in Town of Saugeen Shores for a report of a single motor vehicle collision. Investigation has revealed that shortly before 4:00 p.m. on May 27, 2019 South Bruce OPP responded to Hwy 21 between […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – On May 25, 2019 at approximately 10:58 p.m., a member of the Grey-Bruce Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle on Highway 6 north of Shepard Lake Road in the Municipality of South Bruce Peninsula for what appeared to be a defaced rear licence plate. […]