Estevan Police Service personnel were required to deal with a variety of incidents over the past week, some of them ending with participants being taken into custody, while others ended up with tickets and fines to tend to over the next few days.
On Sept. 9, EPS members responded to a report of an erratic driver in the central part of the city. When they confronted the driver he was warned about his driving actions and no further policing activity was necessary.
On the night of Sept. 12, EPS members dealt with several noisy party complaints, noting that one residence they attended to had been visited and ticketed several times in the past under the city's noise bylaw.
EPS members also located a 30-year-old Estevan man who was wanted for being unlawfully at large. Police spotted the man in a vehicle in front of WalMart and eventually arrested him following a brief foot pursuit after he exited his vehicle. The man was taken into custody and was scheduled to appear in a Regina court on Sept. 16 to answer to several charges.
On the night of Sept. 13, EPS members checked several vehicles during their patrols and arrested one man from Tisdale and charged him with impaired driving. He was lodged in cells until sober and is now scheduled for court in October.
EPS members also reported that an Estevan man was assaulted at a local business on the night of Sept. 13. When police arrived they summoned emergency medical personnel to tend to the victim on the scene before he was released. The incident remains under investigation.
On the evening of Sept. 14, EPS members located a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing from the Radville area. Police notified her parents that the girl was safe and she was returned home without incident.
On Sept. 15, police learned that some vandalism had occurred in the north central area of the city during the early hours of the evening. A window in a vehicle had been broken and police have set up an investigation into the incident.
Another call to police on Monday evening, asked them to look into another incident in the north central area. This one involved a heavily intoxicated man who was reported to have been screaming while walking along the street carrying a bottle. When police attended to the area they were unable to locate the man in question.
Another mischief incident was reported to police on Sept. 15. This one involved property damage in the central business district. This matter also remains under investigation.
A vehicle being driven recklessly in the east central part of the city on Sept. 15, attracted a police response. Witnesses reported that the vehicle had entered a street in a reckless manner, nearly colliding with approaching vehicles. This incident remains under investigation.
EPS members were called upon to respond to a number of calls regarding barking dogs and dogs running at large within the city. Police remind the public that pet owners are required to keep them under control and secured and that owners of dogs that continually bark and disturb the peace are subject to the city's noise bylaw.
