Wingham Free Press(COLLINGWOOD AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, ONTARIO) Car crashes kill more children than any other injury. When children use car seats, they are well protected and less likely to be severely injured. (Parachute Canada, 2014) Make every ride a safe ride! Please join us at a free car seat clinic on Wednesday June 11th from 11:00 […]
(CALEDON, ON) – On May 23, 2014 at approximately 2:17 am, an officer from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a northbound vehicle ahead of his marked cruiser. The vehicle was being operated in an erratic manner, swerving within the lane and across both the north and southbound lanes. The officer […]
(CALEDON, ON) – On May 25, 2014 at approximately 1:35 am, an officer from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was travelling eastbound on Mayfield Road when he observed a westbound blue Chrysler Sebring being operated without headlights. As the vehicle passed the officer’s location, he observed the vehicle travel over the […]
(LAKESHORE, ON) -The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Lakeshore received a report of an erratic driver last evening just before midnight on Essex County Road 42 in Lakeshore. Officers located the pickup truck in question and spoke to the driver who exhibited signs of impairment. Mario POLIDORI, age 64, of Windsor was arrested and charged […]
(NOTTAWASAGA)- On May 30, 2014 at 1:00 pm, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Central Region Awards Ceremony will take place at the Barrie Golf and Country Club. The ceremony, which is scheduled to run until approximately 3:00pm, will recognize dedicated years of service within the OPP, the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and recognize police and […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advises of the closure of both westbound lanes on Highway 401 between Furnival Road and Orford Road for an undetermined amount of time while Emergency crews remove a tractor trailer from the north ditch as a result of a collision which occurred Wednesday evening. Chatham-Kent OPP is asking […]
(NOTTAWASAGA)- On May 28, 2014, the Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Central Region Traffic Enforcement Team conducted routine annual inspections of tow truck and taxi cab vehicles in conjunction with the Town of New Tecumseth and the Township of Essa. All total, there were seventeen tow truck vehicles inspected and 14 passed but […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON.) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently requesting assistance with the identification of a suspicious vehicle. On May 27, 2014 at approximately 3:15 p.m. a vehicle being operated by an unknown male approached a youth as he was walking from Lady Mac Kenzie Public School, on Kirkfield Road in […]
(Napanee, ON) – On April 10, 2014 at approximately 4:45pm, an officer attempted to stop a westbound Lincoln on Taylor Kidd Boulevard near County Road 6, Loyalist Township. The vehicle fled and a short time later the suspect driver fled on foot and was not apprehended. As a result of the investigation on Wednesday, May […]
(Hwy# 62, Belleville) – On May 28, 2014 at 10:30 p.m. members of Central Hastings O.P.P stopped a vehicle for stunt driving on Highway # 62 just north of Ashley Street in the City of Belleville. A northbound vehicle was observed travelling in the southbound lane of Highway #62 in the process of passing several […]