While on a bicycle patrol on July 16, Estevan Police Service personnel spotted some young people on the roof of a business building so police rounded them up and spoke to them about their risky activities.
A call to a city mobile home park that same day raised concerns about the sighting of some black smoke coming from a residential backyard. Police noticed the resident was burning grass clippings, so he was warned about the city's bylaw which banned that practice without a fire permit from the City. He advised police he would get one.
A speeding vehicle was stopped by EPS members on July 16 and it was recorded that the driver was exceeding the speed limit by 62 km/h. The driver was fined $468 and his vehicle was seized for seven days according to new government regulations.
On the night of July 18, EPS members received a call about a woman who was spotted walking on the road. When they attended the scene police noted the woman was walking erratically into traffic so she was arrested and lodged in cells until sober and was released the next morning without any charges being laid.
A vehicle being driven erratically on a main thoroughfare in the city was the next attention-grabbing subject for police that same night.
When police checked the vehicle in question, a 22-year-old Carrot River man was arrested and later charged with failing to provide a breath sample. Open alcohol was also found in the vehicle. The man was held in custody pending a court appearance to answer to alcohol-related charges.
A call to assist a local cab company attempting to deal with some intoxicated passengers resulted in the arrest of a Manitoba man who was charged with being intoxicated in public. He was held in cells until he regained sobriety.
On the night of July 19, EPS members were alerted to the possibility of some alcohol-fueled men knocking down safety flags and traffic cones in the central business district construction area. The men were located, arrested and charged, for mischief and public intoxication. They were also held in cells overnight.
Several intoxicated people were processed by police during the course of that evening and into the early morning hours of July 20. Many were lodged in cells and faced a $200 fine for public intoxication.
EPS members also performed several vehicle checks during the night shift and ended up suspending the driving privileges of one man for three days after he recorded a .04 per cent warning on a breathalyzer test.
On the night of June 20, EPS members received a RID call (report impaired drivers) following a hit and run occurrence near a local business. The victim called police and then followed the offending vehicle until police arrived on the scene where a 30-year-old Moose Jaw man was arrested and charged with the hit and run incident, as well as driving while impaired. He will now appear in court in August.
On July 21, EPS members were called to a city parking lot in response to a complaint of a man who appeared to be performing an indecent act in his vehicle. The police officers who attended the scene discovered no evidence of anything extraordinary happening so the matter was concluded with no further policing action required.
When police responded to an alarm at a local business on the night of July 21, they discovered a large glass door had been broken and several items in the store had been removed. The thief or thieves had fled the scene prior to police arrival so they placed the incident under investigation.
EPS members next attended to a local business where it was noted that a vehicle had been left unattended with the doors open. Nobody could be found nearby and nothing appeared to be missing or out of place in the vehicle, so it was secured by police, and the matter was concluded.
