Submitted by Staff. Sgt. Darren Simons
I was away on duty for a week. On the side of my desk I do 鈥淧eer to Peer鈥� support and I was deployed to assist with the Coroner鈥檚 inquest into a Police involved shooting in Battleford. It was a rewarding week for me to help Members throughout the week.
Apparently many people have been getting text messages advising they are due a refund from SaskPower, SaskEnergy, Netflix as well as others - fraud, I say again 鈥淔RAUD鈥� and those pesky Fraud Artists pretending to be from the Canada Revenue Agency are back at it.
Members responded to seven false alarms, two residential and five commercial, including our new fire alarm. It does not like power outages, which seems to be a re-occurring theme in Carlyle.聽
We also dealt with other Mental Health and Child Welfare calls that were not related to other files.
Members responded to a complaint of illegal hunters on private property. We patrolled and located the individuals only to confirm they had permission. The original caller did not realize they were in the area. We were happy with the result as was everyone.
We don鈥檛 mind these calls. We would rather be involved and resolve a matter quickly in a positive manner than try and investigate hours or days later.
We had a report of an author commencing to write an expletive on the side of someone鈥檚 truck in the grime. No suspects and no clues, however, I am pretty confident this individual will not be an author or write a screenplay.
Those youth in Manor have been up to no good again. Sooner or later they will be caught. If you are not sure where your children are when this is going on ask them. Remember you are the parents.
We had a call from an individual who advised they were going to be assaulted. The individual then stated upon being contacted by the Police that everything was fine. Members attended and gave this individual a ride as well as a youth to another location ensuring the safety of everyone for the evening.
Members responded to an adult assaulting a child in view of a teacher, and well, we are not going to get into whether parents can discipline their children, however, in this case it was not a 鈥淪panking鈥� and not trivial in nature and the adult was charged. Child Welfare was involved being anytime we deal with children we make them aware.
We are investigating a third hand threat. Although we do not feel the threat is credible we are not willing to take a chance. This investigation is continuing.
There is also an investigation of an allegation of a theft of a bank card and subsequent theft of money. This is sibling versus sibling so the dynamics could become interesting.
Members responded to a report of a power pole arcing after the power came back on. We were not able to find the pole, however, we did make SaskPower aware. We also had a power line down near Redvers and with the assistance of the Volunteer Fire Department and SaskPower this was dealt with.
We would like to again thank Edgy for all the work he does at the Resort. His patrols are very valuable and he has a keen eye as it relates to damage to Cabins. We had nine such incidents in a week. These are still being investigated.
Members responded to an individual that was upset another family member had picked up their child. Our investigation determined the individual that was upset was also intoxicated so, well, we were pleased that a sober responsible individual had taken the initiative.
We had an intoxicated individual causing problems at the hockey rink in Carlyle. They became belligerent and uncooperative with the Police, which happens, they were then lodged in cells and issued a $200 ticket for Public Intoxication, which also happens.
I am not sure how we can get people to realize that we need to drive defensively. We are still dealing with some fog issues and at least one individual that was passing in the fog when unsafe. Unfortunately we were unable to locate this individual.
An individual thought they should be able to cut through the parade route at the Dickens Festival. Not only was this observed by an on duty Member, they almost hit an off duty Member. The driver was argumentative, and thought yelling at the Member would be productive. They were charged with Driving with Undue Care and Attention and this ticket carries a $280.00 fine and 4 points against their licence.
An individual was stopped for not having registration on their trailer......and given a warning for that, however, they did get the $150 ticket for not having a drivers licence and another for failing to provide a copy of the registration certificate $100. Remember our traffic units have Automated Licence Plate Readers. The computer runs the plate of every vehicle they pass.
Another individual was found to have no Registration $580 and they were given an inspection notice for window tint, rear tail light with black film and an exhaust leak.
These Traffic Members, who are Mounties, sure are making our roads safer.
Our most expensive speeding ticket was for $208
We had one reportable collision over the last week where a vehicle needed to be towed.
We also provided tickets, warnings or inspection tickets for Stop sign violations, obstructed licence plate, holding or manipulating an electronic device, excessive damage to a windshield, using a light bar in town limits, inadequate headlamps, fail to signal, use licence plates on wrong vehicle, drive without a valid licence, fail to produce drivers licence, fail to produce registration,聽 illegal tint, fail to have licence plates adequately secured/ visible or legible, drive with an obstructed windshield, inadequate driving lights, inadequate muffler or exhaust, inadequate fenders or mudflaps, inadequate headlamps, and insecure load.
