GREENSTONE - Members of the Greenstone detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to 152 calls for service over the long weekend from Friday, April 15 to Monday, April 18, 2022.
Police responded to various calls on the weekend and laid 146 charges under the Criminal Code and Highway Traffic Act. Some of the calls the police attended were;
One hundred ten calls were self-generated traffic enforcement, resulting in one hundred and thirty-six of the various charges under the Highway Traffic Act.
The following charges were:
- Assault - 1
- Sexual assault - 1
- Traffic enforcement - 110
- Mischief - 2
- Bail/Breach - 4
- RIDE - 3
- Theft - 1
- Warrants - 2
- Impaired/Over 80 - 1
- Trouble with youth - 1
The citizens of Ontario have other ways to report a minor crime.
The Ontario Provincial Police reminds the public about their online reporting system as an alternative to having an officer attend a scene for a minor incident.
Citizen Self Reporting rolled out across the province in 2014, and it is an efficient system to report specific minor incidents and crimes.
The OPP's Citizen Self Reporting is an easy-to-use internet reporting tool that can be accessed from a computer or mobile device and sent directly to the OPP anywhere and at any time.
To enhance our service delivery, this online reporting system allows the public to report specific crimes such as lost property, stolen license plates, theft from vehicles, driving complaints, and property damage without an officer having to be dispatched to the scene, provided there are no suspects, injuries or the incident is not an emergency.
The applicable calls for service which fall within the Citizen Self Report online reporting parameters include:
- Theft under $5000
- Mischief/Damage to property under $5000
- Mischief/Damage to the vehicle under $5000
- Theft from vehicle
- Lost/Missing property under $5000
- Stolen license plates
- Driving complaints
To learn more and access Citizen Self Reporting online, go to opp.ca.
