Chatham-Kent Daily News Release – 01Feb2017

The Chatham-Kent Police Service responded to 118 calls for service in the last 24 hours. One person was arrested.

Text to 911

As of February 1st, 2017 the Chatham-Kent Police is launching their text to 911 capacity for those living in and travelling through our community with speech accessibility needs. Texting via 911 is restricted in Canada for those who are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or speech impaired (DHHSI) requiring speech accommodations. Anyone with such accessibility considerations is required to register with their cellular provider in order to access 911 with texting abilities from a cellular device.

http://textwith911.ca/en/home/

Chatham-Kent Police has had TDD abilities to communicate for decades however providing text to 911 accessibility for those in and travelling among our community brings our Service in with the times of mobile devices.

There is no launch date in the foreseeable future for the general public to have the ability to text 911 on their mobile devices.

Man Charged with Criminal Harassment CK17001050

Earlier in January, 2017 a woman reported that the entire perimeter of her SUV had been spray painted while it was parked at her work place in Wheatley. Through investigation, police learned this was not the first time the woman’s vehicle had been targeted. The man responsible for the damage was identified as the woman’s ex-boyfriend.

Yesterday around 10:00 a.m. the 55 year old Kingsville man turned himself into police. He was arrested and charged with criminal harassment and mischief under $5000. He was transported to the courthouse pending a bail hearing.

Motor Vehicle Collision CK17003583

On January 30, 2017 around 10:30 p.m. emergency crews responded to a two vehicle collision on McNaughton Avenue at Truro Road in Chatham. Three people were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. One person remains in hospital. The collision remains under investigation by the Traffic Unit.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Constable Ron Tricker at [email protected] or 519-355-1092. Anonymous callers may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) and may be eligible for a cash reward.

Collision Leads to a Woman being Charged CK17003688

Last night just after 8:00 p.m. police responded to a two vehicle collision on Grand Avenue West in Chatham. No injuries were reported. Total value of damage was $7000.

The 22 year old Chatham woman was charged with making an unsafe turn.

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