Category: Canadian Mounted Police

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

In support of Child Passenger Safety Week (September 18-22), Nova Scotia RCMP, in partnership with IWK Child Safety Link, are urging motorists to ensure the safety of our youngest travelers on the road.

“Motor vehicle collisions are still the leading cause of injury-related deaths for children in Canada. Choosing the right car seat for your child can be confusing, but a lot of good information is available through programs like Child Safety Link, and motorists are responsible for the safety of their passengers – it has to be done right.” says S/Sgt Ben Parry, RCMP Traffic Services.

Infants (rear-facing only) seats:

A rear-facing seat gives the best protection for your baby or child’s head, neck, and spine in a sudden stop or crash. Check the labels on your seat to find out when your baby will reach the seat’s height or weight limits. Once your baby has outgrown the infant seat (usually between 6 and 12 months), use a larger, rear-facing seat.

Rear-facing car seats:

Your child is safest riding rear-facing until two-, three-, or even four-years-old. Keep your child rear facing as long as they still fit within the height and weight limits for their larger, rear-facing seat.

Forward-facing car seats:

A forward-facing seat uses a five-point harness to spread the force of a sudden stop or crash over the strongest parts of your child’s body. Keep your child in a five-point harness until they weigh at least 18kg (40 pounds).

“When you use the right car seat in the right way, you can reduce the risk that a baby or child will be hurt or killed in a collision by up to 70%,” says Katherine Hutka, Health Promotion Specialist for IWK’s Child Safety Link. “Always check your vehicle manual and follow the instructions for your seat.”

For more information on how to install your car seat and safely buckling your child, visit: https://childsafetylink.ca/car-seat-safety

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Bay Roberts RCMP is investigating a break, enter and theft that occurred at Abbey’s Place, a bar in Marysvale, during the early morning hours of September 20, 2023. Police are looking to identify the suspect captured on surveillance footage.

Just after midnight on Wednesday, September 20, police responded to an alarm at the bar and discovered that a window had been broken out in order to gain entry. Surveillance video captured a male suspect breaking into the bar, stealing a quantity of alcohol and exiting. The suspect is believed to have cut or injured his hand or hands during the robbery.

The suspect was wearing a black hoodie. See the attached stills from the surveillance video.

Anyone with any information about this crime, the location of the stolen alcohol or the identity of the suspect pictured is asked to please contact Bay Roberts RCMP at 709-786-2118.

To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), visit www.nlcrimestoppers.com or use the P3Tips app. #SayItHere

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

On September 16, an RCMP officer with Northeast Traffic Services – Cape Breton, arrested two motorists in separate driving incidents.

At approximately 7:15 p.m., a traffic stop was completed on a Hyundai Accent as it was travelling west along Hwy. 125 in Upper North Sydney. The vehicle had an expired registration.

The driver of the Hyundai, a 52-year-old Alder Point man, was found to be prohibited from driving in Canada as a result of a previous impaired driving conviction. The man was safely arrested and will appear in Sydney Provincial Court on November 23 to face the charge of Operation While Prohibited.

Later that evening, at approximately 9:05 p.m., the same RCMP officer observed a Nissan Rogue, which was travelling eastbound on Hwy. 125, make a sudden sharp turn into the dirt and then onto the exit ramp at Point Edward.

The officer stopped the Nissan without incident. During the traffic stop, the officer noted the driver of the vehicle, a 46-year-old Beaver Cove man, was displaying signs of impairment. The man was arrested and transported to the local detachment where he provided breath samples of 400 mg% and 380 mg%, which is five times the legal limit of 80 mg%.

The man, who’s been charged with Impaired Operation of a Conveyance and Impaired Operation of a Conveyance over 80 mg%, is due to appear in Sydney Provincial Court on November 23.

Both investigations are ongoing.

File #: 2023-1381579, 2023-1382223

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at approximately 9:35 p.m., White Butte RCMP responded to a three-vehicle collision on Highway 46, between Pilot Butte and Balgonie.

White Butte RCMP and Balgonie Fire Department responded immediately. Initial investigation determined that three cars collided.

The one car had two occupants, the driver and the passenger. The driver was taken to hospital for injuries described as serious in nature. The front passenger, a 30-year-old female, was declared deceased on scene by EMS. Her family has been notified.

The driver and sole occupants of the other two cars were taken to hospital with injuries described as serious in nature.

The investigation is ongoing with the assistance of a Saskatchewan RCMP Collision Analyst

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The New Brunswick RCMP, in collaboration with the New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety, conducted recent traffic enforcement in the Saint-Quentin, Kedgwick, Campbellton and Dalhousie regions, resulting in 24 vehicles being towed and 48 traffic violations being issued.

The operation was conducted on September 14 and 15, 2023, by members of the RCMP’s Tactical Traffic Enforcement Unit (TTEU), and members of the Northeast District RCMP, in collaboration with officers and motor vehicle inspectors from the Highway Safety Enforcement Branch of the Department of Justice and Public Safety. The operation focused on unsafe and modified vehicles as well as distracted driving and proper use of seatbelts.

During the operation, 95 vehicles were escorted to a specific site to be assessed, 22 of which were deemed unsafe and towed at the owner’s expense. Additionally, 17 modified vehicles were given a notice for an engineer inspection. A total of 48 traffic violations were also issued under the New Brunswick Motor Vehicle Act, and with the assistance of the RCMP Provincial Crime Reduction Unit, two people were issued a court date for possession for the purpose of trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

The RCMP’s TTEU conducts regular, targeted traffic enforcement on roadways throughout the province with the goals of improving road safety, educating motorists about traffic laws, and to reduce serious injury and fatal collisions.

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Northwest Territories RCMP will be observing Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day. Northwest Territories RCMP will hold a ceremony at the headquarters building in Yellowknife, NT.

In honour of those Police and Peace Officer’s that have been killed in the Line of Duty, the Northwest Territories RCMP invite media and public to join us on Sunday, September 24, 2023

The service will commence at 11:00 a.m. at Northwest Territories RCMP Headquarters, Henry Larsen Building, 5010 Veteran’s Memorial Drive.

Our Annual Memorial Service is a short ceremony which will involve our Regular Members on Parade.

This year we are mourning the loss and recognizing the following members who will be added to the National Memorial:

– Toronto Police Constable Andrew Hong
– South Simcoe Police Constable Devon Northrup
– South Simcoe Police Constable Morgan Russell
– RCMP Constable Shaelyn Yang
– Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala
– Edmonton Police Constable Brett Ryan
– Edmonton Police Constable Travis Jordan
– RCMP Constable Harvinder Singh Dhami
– OPP Sergeant Eric Mueller
– OPP Detective Constable Steven Tourangeau

Historical admissions:

Canada Customs Officer James Mowat (1913)

RCMP Constable Vernon Genaille (2002)

In the Northwest Territories we will also be honouring the fifty-six individuals that over the years have given their lives while serving in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut.

This National Memorial Day gives Canadians an opportunity each year to formally express appreciation for the dedication of police and peace officers, who made the ultimate tragic sacrifice to keep our communities safe.

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The New Brunswick RCMP’s Major Crime Unit (MCU) is now investigating the disappearance of a 58-year-old man from Sunny Corner, N.B., as a homicide.

Richard (Ricky) Matchett was last seen on August 9, 2022, at approximately 2 p.m., in Sillikers, N.B. He was reported missing to police on April 30, 2023. Police have followed up on several leads to try and locate him, but have so far been unsuccessful.

Throughout the course of the investigation, police determined Richard Matchett’s disappearance to be suspicious, and the New Brunswick RCMP’s Major Crime Unit (MCU) has since taken over the investigation.

On September 21, 2023, members of the MCU executed a search warrant at a residence on Highway 420 in Sillikers, N.B., as part of the investigation.

Anyone who has information that could help further the investigation, is asked to contact the New Brunswick RCMP Major Crime Unit at 1-888-506-RCMP (7267). Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), by downloading the secure P3 Mobile App, or by Secure Web Tips at www.crimenb.ca.

The investigation is ongoing.

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

On September 20, 2023, as a result of an ongoing investigation into the trafficking of a controlled substance, officers with the Ste Rose du Lac RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence located on the Ebb and Flow First Nation.

A search of the residence resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, cocaine, cash, an unsecured firearm and drug related paraphernalia.

Officers arrested 35-year-old Christine Mancheese, of the Ebb and Flow First Nation, who was taken into custody and remanded into custody on charges including Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2, Possession of Proceeds of Crime, Fail to Comply with an Undertaking x2 and several firearm-related offences.

A 15-year-old male youth was also arrested on scene and found to have two outstanding warrants out for his arrest, one from Oakbank RCMP and the other from the Winnipeg Police Service. He will be remanded into custody.
Ste Rose du Lac RCMP continue to investigate.

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Bay St. George RCMP is investigating two incidents at a commercial building in Stephenville this month.

Just after 3:00 p.m. on September 5, 2023, police responded to a call from a business on Atlantic Avenue, indicating that a theft had occurred. A sum of money was taken sometime between the evening of Friday, September 1 and the afternoon of Tuesday, September 5.

Just after 9:00 am yesterday, September 20, 2023, police received another call from the same commercial building indicating that a break and enter had occurred at a different business. It is believed to have occurred sometime overnight on the night of September 19. A storage unit inside the commercial building was also broken into.

The investigation into both of these incidents is continuing.

If you have any information or knowledge about either of these incidents, please contact Bay St. George RCMP at 709-643-2118.

To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), visit www.nlcrimestoppers.com or use the P3Tips app. #SayItHere

Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

A youth was arrested on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) near Norris Arm by Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP early this morning following a robbery and theft of a vehicle that occurred in Humber Valley Resort last night, September 20, 2023.

Shortly before 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Deer Lake RCMP received a report of a robbery and theft of a motor vehicle that occurred in Humber Valley Resort. A youth assaulted a woman, took her keys and then stole her vehicle. Officers patrolled the area searching for the vehicle and alerted neighbouring detachments. The woman was taken to hospital and treated for her injuries.

The vehicle was located near Badger and a traffic stop was attempted. The vehicle failed to stop for police and fled at a high rate of speed. In the interest of public safety, officers did not pursue the vehicle.

Shortly after 1:00 a.m., the vehicle was located by Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP on the side of the TCH east of Norris Arm. The youth was located and arrested without incident.

The youth was held in custody and attends court today to face charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from police, robbery, assault, assault causing bodily harm, theft of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime, and breaches of a court order.

RCMP NL continues to fulfill its mandate to protect public safety, enforce the law, and ensure the delivery of priority policing services in Newfoundland and Labrador.