The past week in policing started somewhat slowly, but then picked up momentum toward the weekend according to information released by the Estevan Police Service.
On Sept. 24, EPS members were looking into a couple of incidents that involved smashed vehicle windows and a disturbance in a local lounge that did not lead to any arrests or charges. Investigations are continuing in both instances.
On the night of Sept. 25, an intoxicated man leaving a local lounge attempted to involve a passer-by in a fight. When police arrived they were unable to locate the perpetrator.
A motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Fourth Street and Second Avenue resulted in one person being charged with driving without due care and attention. One vehicle had been struck from behind while it was stopped in the intersection attempting to turn left.
Two neighbours in an apartment complex involved in a disagreement had to be visited by police a couple of times on Sept. 25. One person under the influence of alcohol had to be warned that a third visit would result in charges being laid. No further policing action was required for the rest of that evening.
A call coming from a local lounge in the early morning of Sept. 26, regarding a man carrying a knife, was looked into by police who located the person in question. Police learned that he was not in possession of a knife. The man was sent on his way after being spoken to by EPS members.
During the day shift on Sept. 26, police officers responded to a collision on Souris Avenue north that involved a semi and a sedan. The driver of the car was taken to hospital suffering from neck pains. The incident remains under investigation.
Police next received a call regarding a possible impaired driver who was leaving a grocery store and getting into a vehicle on the north side of the city. EPS members located the vehicle and arrested the driver for being impaired and for refusing to provide a breath sample.
A domestic dispute on the south side of the city resulted in a man being arrested and charged with assault and uttering threats to his common law partner. The man was also charged with a second assault causing bodily harm after assaulting another man who had attempted to protect the woman.
Police responded to a call coming from a rooming house on the evening of Sept. 26. The call from a woman identified a man who had uttered death threats along with an assault on the 24-year-old woman. The 28-year-old subject was located, arrested and held in custody pending an appearance before a justice of peace before being released on conditions.
An owner of a residence in a rental complex had to be warned about the city's noise bylaw after police were required to pay a visit to the apartment on Sept. 26.
A call coming from a man in an apartment complex on the north side of the city on Sept. 26 dealt with a female who was in contravention of court-ordered conditions not to consume alcohol. The report indicated the two had been in a disagreement and the woman was located at another address and was arrested for being in breach of the conditions.
A man was assaulted by four other men outside a local lounge on the night of Sept. 26. The suspects were located in a taxi as they attempted to leave the scene. All were arrested and charged accordingly and two of them were handed additional charges of obstruction of a police officer stemming from an incident a few weeks earlier in which they had given police incorrect names and identification.
EPS members responded to a call regarding a fight that had broken out on the south side of the city but all the people involved in the fracas had left the scene before police arrived.
A domestic dispute involving a brother and sister resulted in police attendance on Sept. 26. The participants who were screaming and yelling at one another were spoken to by police and no further action was required.
On Sept. 27, police received a number of complaints regarding a couple of vehicles being driven erratically on 13th Avenue. When police stopped the vehicles they discovered they were being driven by a boyfriend and girlfriend who had been engaged in an argument with the woman driving away with her two young children and the boyfriend in pursuit in his vehicle. Reports indicate he drove in front of her vehicle and struck it in an attempt to force her to stop. She managed to get away from that scene and make a call to police who ultimately charged the man with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
On Sept. 28, EPS members attended to the east side of the city in response to a residential alarm. When police arrived at the home they discovered the house was without power and that had been the cause of the alarm. No further action was required.
Another call regarding an alarm sent police to a local business where they found all doors and windows secure.
A call regarding an assault on a cab driver was looked into by police who then located the person responsible. The man began to resist police while they were arresting him and following a brief struggle the man was placed in handcuffs and removed to police cells and charged with assault and resisting arrest.
An unwanted person who was refusing to leave an apartment on the south side of the city on Sept. 28 eventually vacated voluntarily once police arrived.
Later that same night a motorist was handed a 24-hour driving suspension following a roadside breathalyzer test. It was learned that his vehicle was not registered so that infraction was added to the list and the vehicle was impounded for three days.
A report of a stolen vehicle turned into something else, police learned, as they looked into the report on Sept. 28.
EPS members noted that the matter was a civil issue since the suspect and complainant had been common law partners now entering into a severance of their relationship, which led to matters other than a missing vehicle.
Police were next asked to intervene in an incident involving stolen identification from an apartment on the south side of the city. Police located the missing item that was being held by the landlord who was holding it in lieu of unpaid rent. The property was returned to its rightful owner and the landlord was advised that he was not permitted to hold that kind of property for non-payment of rent.
On Sept. 29, EPS members responded to two RID (report impaired drivers) phone calls. In both instances they located the vehicles in question and determined that neither driver was, in fact, impaired.
