Submitted by Staff Sgt. Darren Simons听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
We would like to thank those drivers that are committing more than one offence at the same time and giving us a 鈥淢ultiple Choice鈥澛爋ption as it relates to charges.
An example would be 鈥淔ailing to Stop at a Stop Sign鈥� and 鈥淣ot wearing a Seatbelt鈥�. What is hard to believe is more often than not these are the same individuals that ask for a warning. Well they often get a warning on one offence, but not both.
I have had individuals 鈥淒EMAND鈥� a warning, even though they have been given a ticket.聽That said, we aim to please and I still give them a warning. 鈥淵ou do it again and I will give you another ticket鈥� I do realize this is not the warning they wanted, but it is a warning none the less, right?
聽I guess I should also take the time to thank those that have warrants and operate vehicles without headlights, taillights or break a law which attracts our attention and assists us in clearing up warrants.
I also know that by publishing this nothing will change because those that break the law generally don鈥檛 read the paper, and if they do, well they don鈥檛 read the Police Report......or so I believe.
We have given some warnings in relation to stopping or parking in no parking zones. Unfortunately one individual chose not to head two warnings, one by an off duty officer and chose to park in a no parking zone at the school again. This time they received a $100 ticket.
We continue to聽issue tickets for not wearing聽seatbelts.......seatbelt use has been the law in Saskatchewan since聽1977 and the law throughout Canada by 1991.
Quebec 1976
Saskatchewan and British Columbia 1977
Newfoundland and Labrador 1982
New Brunswick and Ontario 1983
Manitoba 1984
Nova Scotia 1985
Alberta and Prince Edward Island 1987
Northwest Territories (this would have included what is now Nunavut)聽1988
Yukon 1991
So why don鈥檛 you wear your seatbelt? Why would you let someone travel with you unbelted? The unbelted individual will get thrown around in a rollover or collision and you will likely be injured, and possibly die. For those that think the only one affected by not wearing a seatbelt is the violator. Sorry......family and friends are affected and First Responders are tired of dealing with tragedies that could be avoided.
Well as you are all aware winter is here and we had at least 6 reportable collisions in the last week with 3 vehicles hit the ditch on one evening shift. Many feel that 4 wheel drive, or all wheel drive enables you to drive the same speed in poor weather. This is very inaccurate information. What we find is these are the vehicles that tend to go in the ditch deeper.
After receiving a report of an individual driving while impaired by a drug was received Members made patrols and located the vehicle, then the driver and confirmed he was OK, however, we were unable to lay charges.
So we have had many questions about the new Cannabis Act and whether we have laid any charges. Well we presently have one investigation where charges will likely be forthcoming. Just because Cannabis is now legal, like alcohol, however, there are restrictions to where and when you can use it. Minors can not consume Cannabis anywhere.
We had a request for a Peace Bond. Rarely do we ever follow through with Peace Bonds, being, in most cases, there is enough for Criminal Charges and we can put conditions of no contact on right away. A Peace Bond requires both individuals to go to court. Much more time consuming and it requires the cooperation of both parties.
We have all gone to school and we don鈥檛 always get along with our teachers, however, threatening the school or the teachers is 鈥淐ounterproductive鈥� as one youth found out recently.
We had some cattle escape, but they crossed the highway. We assisted the owner by blocking traffic so as they could cross back to where they belong. We never did find out 鈥淲hy the Cow crossed the Road鈥� We were hoping that there was a chicken around to ask but no luck.
We had one ex spouse advised us of a party at a residence where drugs were being used. We determined everything was OK. On that point, whatever you do, don鈥檛 get your ex mad at you.聽We often get information聽from what may be described as a聽vindictive ex spouse. I have been involved in arresting impaired drivers, finding stolen property,聽and arresting disqualified drivers. Sometimes the spouse is just being vindictive. We investigate and determine if this is the case. The facts, are however, that secrets are not secrets if someone is mad at you.
Other matters dealt with over the last week include a false alarm, child welfare investigations, and some Harassing messages over Facebook.
The most expensive speeding ticket was $538.
As always we are giving out tickets, warnings and inspection notices for Window Tint, Stop Sign Violations, Seatbelt Violations, failure to produce registration, window tint, and no drivers licence.
