Submitted by Staff Sgt. Darren Simons
It is our year, that is it is the year of the Police Officer.....OK, maybe I am stretching it a little bit. We just had the Chinese New Year and it is now the 鈥淵ear of the Pig鈥� of course this could mean the year of your spouse or child depending ......, however, I am claiming it as the Year of the Police Officer.
We had three falsies this week. Two at the same business. I know we are not surprised when we get a false alarm, however, the proprietors of the one聽sure were surprised when two Police Officers showed up and rushed into their place of business. The other business which had two alarms聽did not have an up to date list of key holders for their insurance company. Thus the request, we, your Police Officers would like to ensure that you maintain an up to date 芦Keyholder鈥� list with your insurance company.聽 It sure is frustrating when we can鈥檛 access a building, or surrounding compound to confirm all is good because there are no 鈥淜eyholders鈥� available.
We had a聽several Mental Health calls. These can be very taxing and demanding on our Staff, as was well as EMS and our Hospitals.
We聽know when one gets a ticket one can be upset angry and say things they normally would not say.聽 You see we really don鈥檛 care what you say to us. You can threaten us, swear at us, but, and this is a big but.....do not involve聽our home or聽our family.
Last week an individual聽stated upon receiving a ticket for not wearing their seatbelt. 鈥淚 know where you live鈥� To say this got聽the Member a little excited, would be an understatement. The individual was told they could be arrested for uttering threats.聽The Member was not vindictive and did not arrest them, nor did the Member go back and issue the driver another聽ticket for not being able to produce their drivers licence, which was also the case. As much as the individual felt it was a BS ticket, the facts were against them. It is simple they were not wearing their seatbelt, even if it was only two blocks. The subject聽also said they were going to bring their dog over to the Members聽house.........maybe to leave a package on the lawn???? Regardless, the Member was not impressed. It is pretty simple, stay away from our homes and our families. That is just unacceptable and I hope this individual is ashamed for their comments, especially being the Member聽was just doing聽their job. Now if your spouse got a seatbelt ticket lately......maybe it was them???
With the Assistance of our Forensic Identification Section from Yorkton we are investigating a Break and Enter and Theft from the R.M. of Brock in Kisbey. A suspect was arrested in Estevan for possessing some of the stolen property, however, we presently do not have the evidence to charge anyone with the Break and Enter. Our investigation is continuing.
So you backed into a vehicle, you check and don鈥檛 see damage and drive away. That is failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Leave a note, knock on a door of the house and the Police will not likely get involved. Drive away and the Police get involved, especially when there is a witness, and being it is small town they recognize the operator of the vehicle. Our investigation continues.
We had an altercation between an employer and an employee. If the individual has no Criminal Record and the assault is minor, like a push or shove, well we have to be honest, you will not get your pound of flesh. The accused will get at best a stern warning by the Judge with possibly some Probation, however, situations like this rarely get to court. Try and resolve things productively. No charges were laid, however, both individuals did spend time sharing their concerns and thoughts with the Police.
We had a rollover collision in Kenosee. Two individual鈥檚 were arrested. One for having two outstanding warrants and the other for Impaired Driving, Failing to Comply with release conditions and Taking a Motor Vehicle Without Consent. EMS assisted as did TPZ Towing. We would like to put a big thank you out to those that stopped to help.
An individual called the RCMP requesting we find their ex. We stated we can鈥檛 do that. The individual stated what if their ex committed a crime. We then stated we would investigate that but we still would not be able to report on where their ex was. The long and the short of it is we are investigating their allegations against their ex and may end up charging the complainant for 鈥淧ublic Mischief鈥� - With intent to mislead, cause a peace officer to enter on or continue and investigation by making a false statement.
We are investigating allegations of Bullying聽with some preteens. Sometimes the issue is a lack of parenting, other times聽unfortunately we find the parents are bullies as well.聽聽
Fraud, it鈥檚 fraud, trust me it鈥檚 fraud!!!!!!.......and I know, yes we are all gullible. An individual gave out his DOB and surprise someone tried to open up a bank account under the individual鈥檚 name. Fortunately, the bank in Regina was switched on. We are now investigating a complaint of identity theft.
We are investigating some allegations of illegal drugs being sold, not that there is anywhere in our Detachment that can sell them legally.
You may not be aware聽but I am fond of humour. Really I like humour. So here is a joke that relates to Policing.
Two聽junior Members were dispatched to a residence to a reported Domestic. One called the Detachment to talk to a Corporal for advice. The Constable stated the wife shot the husband because she had cleaned the kitchen floor and he walked across it when it was still wet. The Corporal responded 鈥淗ave you arrested her yet?鈥� The Constable responded 鈥淣ot yet, the floor is still wet!!!!鈥� (This is a joke)
We had a report of an individual not complying with his release conditions. Probation was advised by the Electronic Monitoring device. Although no charges resulted at this time we will be monitoring his monitoring device.
Knock, knock who is there? Nobody home, thus we have another individual facing a charge of failing to comply with their release conditions.
Your Members are investigating an individual who is breaching their release conditions. I am not saying the Courts are smarter than any other individual but if one is on conditions of no contact with someone, maybe don鈥檛 try and find a justifiable excuse to have contact. Charges are expected to be laid shortly and an individual may end up eating DQ for a period of time.
With the cold and snow people tended to stay off the roadways and drive slower. Not slow enough for some being we had at least half a dozen vehicles hit the ditch.
Tickets were issued for no seatbelt - $175, no insurance - $580, failing to stop at a stop sign - $230 (many, many stop signs), 聽cell phone use - $280,聽fail to complete log book $150聽and speeding with the most expensive ticket being $200.
Warnings were issued for not being able to produce drivers licence, speeding, careless driving, fail to stop at a stop sign, insecure load, fail to wear seatbelt properly, damaged windshield, obstructed licence plate, headlamp emit green or blue light, have auxiliary lamps mounted higher than the headlamps and obstructed windshield.
Inspection notices were issued for removal of window tint,聽excessive damage to windshield, inadequate brake lights, inadequate fender or mudflaps.
