Submitted by Staff Sgt. Darren Simons
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. However, what if they also used profanity? Is it worthy of a 911 call? No it is not. The caller was subsequently warned that it is misuse of 911 and they could be charged.
Did you know that it someone puts false posts on social media sites, or posting mean things on social media we can’t do anything - wait yes we can, as stated before, sticks and stones . . .
Calling one names is harassment, but it is not Criminal Harassment. That said, if they are yelling, swearing and screaming in public it is Causing a Disturbance and we can deal with that.
If you are the executor of a will it can be challenging and difficult. If there are firearms involved please liaise with the RCMP. We are presently assisting Brandon Police Service in an investigation where they seized a Restricted Firearm during a Criminal Investigation. The previous owner is now deceased and our Detachment is tasked with finding out where the remaining restricted firearms went.
We responded to several “Well being checks” We see more of these in the winter because “It is cold outside”
Members dealt with several assault investigations. One where both spouses ended up being charged and child welfare was contacted. Alcohol was a factor for one of the accused.
On another occasion alcohol was a contributing factor for the alleged victim and drugs for the accused. The victim was able to jump out of a vehicle when it was stuck behind another vehicle stopped at a stop sign. The accused was charged with assault with a weapon, assault, mischief and forcible confinement. Thanks to the staff of Chimo Building Centre for keeping the victim safe until the arrival of the police.
Child Welfare, the RCMP and Regina Police are involved in an assault investigation which may involve child abuse, and Domestic Violence.
We had four prisoners for Court on Wednesday and by the end of the day we still had three, then we arrested two, released on and by Thursday we still had four. Three were escorted to Regina and one was released.
Members, Volunteer Fire Fighters, Sask Power, and Sask Energy responded to a False Fire alarm in White Bear and Volunteer Fire Fighters and Police responded to another false alarm which was caused by a water line break in Arcola.
Can you believe we went a complete week without a Fraud complaint? You can......thus the reason frauds happen so much. We want to believe, it is in our nature to believe and trust others. Thus we did have a fraud complaint. It is under investigation.
We have a theft investigation of a furnace, which is not uncommon, especially from building sites.
Members responded to an altercation at a residence which resulted in two individuals being lodged, with one subsequently going to the hospital. This incident did not result in charges.
We have stated many times don’t leave your keys in the vehicle. The ignition is a bad place, so is the visor, consol, under the seat, under the floor mat, the gas tank and glove box. Now if you continue to leave your keys in the vehicle do not be surprised when it is stolen. Now if you leave your keys in the vehicle and a friend takes it and does not bring it back and you don’t want charges.......why are you calling the Police?
Looking at pornography is in many people’s eyes bad, but it is not generally illegal. That said if you are embarrassed that you looked at pornography and someone caught you, do the Police really need to be involved? The answer for some is “Yes” We conducted a quick investigation and there is nothing illegal, but in some peoples eyes it was “Bad”.
An individual chose to get angry yell and scream at a building and the occupants called the Police. It took our arrival to resolve the matter and fortunately for the angry individual nobody wanted charges.
Members located an impaired driver and they were subsequently charged after providing samples of 190 mg%. This individual was well over double the legal limit of 80 mg%.
A couple of intoxicated individuals were trying to take someone’s vehicle. We are not certain if the owner was more concerned that they were intoxicated or that they were taking the vehicle. Regardless with the arrival of the Police we prevented anyone from driving impaired. Those that were looking for a ride were provided with one by “Buffalo Cab” which is another nickname for getting a ride in a Police Vehicle.
An individual was pulled over for an obstructed licence plate and liquor was found in the vehicle. The Member wrote the ticket for the obstructed licence plate ($150) and a warning for the liquor. Such a nice police officer being the liquor ticket would have been $360.
SaskPower is assisting us with a theft of power investigation. If you have your power disconnected and you reconnect it you are committing a crime. Why should all the other customers pay for you to get power?
We had a collision in the fog and fortunately no injuries, however, a tow truck was called. Another accident resulted in no injuries, however, the vehicle appears to be a write off. We had a further collision where one individual did not remain to provide information. It looks like charges will now be forthcoming.
Many individuals have asked me about our quota’s. Well my regular answer is, “I use to have a quota but now I can write as many tickets as I want.” The truth is we do monitor Members contacts but there are no quota’s.
Fog lights are for the fog, they are not to be used “all the time”. This is becoming an issue which we are going to have to start enforcing. If there are “white” lights above your headlights they can not be used on a highway or roadway. If they are under your headlights you must realize they often act as high beams and you need to dim them when meeting on coming vehicles or when you approach another vehicle in your lane.
There are way too many vehicles driving around with cracks across their windshields. We dealt with approximately 15 in the last week. If you choose not to fix it we will make you fix it.
Tickets were issued for driving while suspended (Mandatory Court), fail to display a registration permit on the rear window of vehicle $100, fail to stop $230, inadequate windshield $115, illegal parking $100, window tint $115, fail to wear seatbelt $175, child not properly secured $175, cell phone use $280, and Speeding with the most expensive being $530 and $707.
Warning notices were issue for fail to stop, excessive damage to windshield, obstructed licence plate, speeding, fail to produce registration, fail to produce drivers licence, window tint, cell phone use, tail light fail to emit red light, inadequate headlamps, child not properly restrained, fail to wear seatbelt and insecure load.
Inspection notices were issued for excessive damage to windshield, inadequate headlamps, inadequate day time running lights, inadequate exhaust or muffler, inadequate brake lights, no signal light and remove window tint.
