(KINCARDINE, ON) – On March 23, 2018 at 11:16 a.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a possible impaired driver operating a Grey truck on Broadway Street in Kincardine. Officers located the truck on Highway 21 and found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Fifty-eight-year old John MCKAY of […]
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(TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHGATE, ON) – On March 24, 2018 at approximately 5:02 p.m. Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a Mercedes vehicle that was travelling at a high rate of speed southbound on Highway 6 near Southgate Road 24 in the Township of Southgate. The cruiser’s radar registered the vehicle’s speed at 144 km/h. […]
(TOWNSHIP OF GUELPH-ERAMOSA, ON) – On March 24, 2018 at approximately 9:20 p.m. Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a possible impaired driver who had driven his van into the ditch on Oliphant Street and Evert Street, in the Village of Everton. Police attended and located the driver of the vehicle. While […]
(CITY OF GUELPH, ON) – On March 24, 2018 at approximately 1:30 a.m. a member of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting patrol on Imperial Road, City of Guelph. The officer stopped the driver of a sedan. While speaking with the driver officers formed the opinion that he was impaired by alcohol. […]
(CHATSWORTH, ON) – As previously reported by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division, inattentive drivers were behind 83 road fatalities on OPP-patrolled roads in 2017, surpassing speed-related deaths (75), alcohol/drug-related deaths (46) and those that are linked to lack of seat belt use. In an ongoing effort to keep our roads safe for […]
(POWASSAN, ON) – On March 24, 2018, at approximately 11:18 a.m., officers from the Powassan Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrol on Highway 11 in the Municipality of Powassan when they observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. Radar confirmed the officers’ observations, registering at over 50 […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF BROCKTON, ON) – Officers from the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment continue to investigate a single motor vehicle crash that took place last night west of Walkerton. At approximately 8:45 p.m. South Bruce OPP, Bruce County Paramedic Services and personnel from the Walkerton Fire Department responded to a call of a […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in collaboration with participating municipal police services are holding a Gun Amnesty during the month of April. The gun amnesty is for any Ontario resident who wishes to voluntarily surrender unwanted or illegally-owned firearms, weapons, accessories or ammunition. The amnesty is a way to provide citizens with a […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – A 57-year-old from Brussels remains in jail following an arrest that took place earlier this week in downtown Brussels. It was 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 when Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers received a report of a Chevrolet Silverado that was just stolen from a business located […]
(GREENOCK TWP, ON) – On March 21, 2018 at 9:05 p.m., a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer on patrol stopped a vehicle along Bruce County Road 20 in Greenock Township. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Twenty-year old Michael MACLENNAN of Brockton was charged with operate over 80 milligrams. […]