The Estevan Police Service recognized another good Samaritan during their Aug. 12 regular meeting of the Estevan Board of Police Commissioners.
Larry Armstrong was acknowledged for returning more than $1,000 to the police in the hopes of the owner coming forward to collect.
The cash was found in late July and the police hoped the rightful owner would come searching the lost money on their own. After hearing from no callers, Chief Paul Ladouceur has decided to put a call out to the community, asking that if anyone has lost that particular sum of cash to provide some proof in order to claim it at the police station.
The chief noted that if the money goes unclaimed for long enough, the cash is forfeited to the province. He added that the discussion regarding those rules is long and the debate continues to this day as to what to do with money that has been found and no owner can be connected to it.
"Generally, there would be a hold on the money for at least days, if not longer," said Ladouceur. "There's not a set timeline that we have to turn it over right away."
He said it's tricky with these situations because if they go to the media right away and say they found a large sum of money, they may receive a lot of calls.
He said if someone has lost a large sum of money they should contact the Estevan Police Service, though they will have to be able to prove ownership to some degree.
"They would have to be able to prove that, where they initially obtained that money and what the denominations were," he said, adding that where the money was lost would also be helpful in proving ownership.
