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UPDATE: Amber Alert Issued in Battlefords cancelled; children located safe

Jun 9, 2023 | 11:14am

The Ambert Alert that was issued by Battlefords RCMP has been cancelled. According to the RCMP, the children have been located safe at a residence on Mosquito, Grizzly Bear’s Head, Lean Man First Nation. The mother of the children is also in police custody.        

Aerial Support Unit leads to dangerous driving arrests and numerous drug charges

Jun 5, 2023 | 5:05pm

The Regina Police Service’s Aerial Support Unit helped police arrest and charge two people with various drug trafficking charges. On June 4 at 1:45 a.m., police located a vehicle on 4th Avenue and Elphinstone Street driving without tail lights illuminated. Police would attempt a traffic stop, but the vehicle would increase speed, evading police. The […]

After providing support to victims for eight years, Merlot officially retired

Jun 2, 2023 | 12:49pm

After working like a dog for nearly a decade, a member of the Regina Police Service hung up her badge and harness. Merlot, a Justice Facility Dog, has officially retired after eight years of lending a paw to victims and witnesses of crime or trauma to provide emotional support. While Merlot had nothing to say, […]

City’s central district sees most calls of service, despite smallest population

May 30, 2023 | 3:30pm

The year-end reports for the Regina Police Services’ three districts were released, showing that the city’s central part carries a heavy load of Regina’s crime. According to the report, the Central District, which consists of the North Central Community, the Heritage Community, and the Downtown Core, accounted for 37.14 per cent of all occurrences in […]

Regina police chief discusses future of body-worn cameras for officers

May 29, 2023 | 1:48pm

The RCMP expects officers in three parts of the country to start field-testing body-worn cameras in the coming days. Members of the RCMP in Nova Scotia, Nunavut and Alberta will have audio and video from the cameras captured and uploaded onto a digital evidence management system. The RCMP says up to 300 cameras will be […]

National police force grapples with calls for change, shifting role as it turns 150

May 22, 2023 | 6:30am

As the RCMP marks its 150th anniversary, a familiar, nagging question about the storied national police force is resurfacing: Should the Mounties withdraw from small communities across Canada to fully concentrate on big-ticket federal files such as cybercrime, fraud and human trafficking? The notion of a more focused version of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, […]

“Amber Alert” in Ontario Ends: Child Safe

May 16, 2023 | 8:22pm

An Amber Alert issued for an eight-year-old boy  police believe was abducted in Thunder Bay by his father, is now  over. Thunder Bay police initiated the amber alert this morning. Tuesday evening police ended the amber alert and announced the boy was safe, and they had someone under arrest. Police reported the pair may have […]

Broadview Hit by Weekend Break ins

May 2, 2023 | 7:46am

More than a dozen break an enters were committed in Broadview over the weekend – and now the RCMP are looking for a man they believe may be responsible. The Break ins occurred between April 28th and April 30th – with the suspect entered residences through unlocked doors, windows, as well as, used a crowbar […]

Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say

Apr 24, 2023 | 11:11am

Scott Blandford considered attending the RCMP Academy when he was looking to become a police officer about 40 years ago, but he soon realized the training centre in Regina wasn’t for him. Blandford said he remembered the academy, also known as Depot, having a “militaristic” culture that he wanted to avoid. “It was essentially military […]

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