RPS

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, […]

Police have charged 38 year old Gregory David Keepness with second degree murder in the death of 36 year old Jessica Anne Matechuck on October 8th, 2023. That night, the Regina Police Service was called to the 2000 block of Ottawa street where they found the woman dead. Keepness was arrested Thursday, and will be […]

The Regina Police Service, in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, has initiated a death investigation following the discovery of a deceased adult near 15th Avenue and Wallace Street in Regina. Patrol members responded to the area on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at 2:47 p.m., where they found the lifeless body of an adult female. […]

The Regina Police Service received $6.6 million from the Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety and SGI to support various policing programs and initiatives, ensuring the continued delivery of targeted services. The Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety invested $5.7 million in the City of Regina through the Municipal Police Grants program. This […]

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 […]

The sanding and ice maintenance crews were out at about 3:30 this morning in the Queen City, as an expected ice and snow storm covered the city’s streets in time for the morning commute. The city of Regina had their own issues with snow and ice this morning. The city’s manager of roadway seasonal operations Tyler Bien […]

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 City of Regina in conjunction with the CAA and the Regina Police service is launching a new initiative at Regina Schools. Kids serving on safety patrols will be wearing backpacks outfitted with radar. The backpacks will display the speed drivers are going, creating an instant visual reminder for drivers. Regina is the first City […]