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To kick off December, Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS), made up of Saskatchewan RCMP and municipal police service officers, took part in Canada Safe Driving Week. From December 1 to 7, officers patrolled and held check stops throughout the province to help keep Saskatchewan’s roads safe. During the week-long initiative, CTSS officers found 64 drivers […]

A 32-year-old woman has been taken into custody after a joy-ride in a stolen taxi left multiple businesses damaged, including the Cornwall Centre. Early Saturday morning, the Regina Police Service responded to a report of a Regina Co-Op Taxi theft in the 1100 block of Angus Street. Police located the taxi and attempted a traffic […]

Two youths have been charged after Regina police responded to reports of two weapons calls at two elementary schools in North Regina. At 2:00 p.m. on December 14, School Resource Officers were called to a school in the 1900 block of 2nd Avenue North for a report of a bear spray incident involving a 12-year-old […]

The Regina Police Service (RPS) had its net operating budget for 2024 approved by Regina’s city council. For 2024, RPS will see a net operating budget of $102.7 million, including over $115 million in gross operating expenditures and $12.5 million in anticipated revenues. The 2024 budget marks a $4.6 million or 4.7 per cent increase […]

A Regina doctor is facing fraud charges after an investigation by the Regina Police Service. Police say that investigators began looking into the file of a doctor who owns a practice in Regina after the Ministry of Health reported what they believed to be billing irregularities. The offences occurred between 2016 and 2019. The doctor, […]

The motorcycle season for the Regina Police Services (RPS) Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan, with officers logging more than 16,000 kilometres from May to September. During the season, officers issued 331 tickets along with 450 warnings, initiated roughly 350 traffic stops and responded to 103 calls for services. Officers also made 24 arrests, resulting in 27 […]

The City of Regina’s Board of Police Commissioners has announced that Farooq Hassan Sheikh will be the city’s new Police Chief, effective December 1. The news of Sheikh’s appointment comes after a five-month search to find a new Police Chief. “When I found I got the job, I was over the moon,” he said. “Really […]

A 36-year-old woman has been arrested and faces charges after waving a machete at passing vehicles in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. On Friday, at 10:00 p.m., police responded to the 2400 block of Legislative Drive and located the woman suspect, who was taken into custody without incident. Police located a machete concealed in […]

The Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police announced that police agencies in Saskatchewan will waive the fees associated with criminal record checks and fingerprints required for Indigenous people who wish to reclaim their Indigenous name. The decision comes “in recognition of not only the historical trauma but to acknowledge the living trauma of the […]

A man faces 31 charges after damaging multiple gas meters in downtown Regina. On Saturday, police received multiple reports of gas leaks throughout the downtown area at different meters. The next day, police were dispatched to the area of the 1800 block of Scarth Street for another report of a male cutting gas lines. The […]