Substance Sent To People Potentially At Risk Of Self-Harm Across Ontario Is Sodium Nitrite The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is warning people about packages, containing a potentially lethal substance, that may have been sent to individuals at risk of self-harm in communities across Ontario. The packages contain sodium nitrite, which […]
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OPP Investigate Theft of Seadoos
On April 27, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., Lakeshore Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a theft report from a property on Charron Beach Road in the Municipality of Lakeshore. Sometime overnight on April 27, a Red Seadoo GTX and a Blue Seadoo GTI with were taken. Also taken was a […]
Drivers And Motorcyclists: Please Watch Out For Each Other
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Curbing last year’s spike in motorcyclist fatalities on Ontario Provincial Police- (OPP)-patrolled roads is as simple as riders and drivers maintaining safe space and driving habits around each other at all times. Last year marked a particularly tragic riding season and the highest number […]
Police Looking For Assistance In Identifying Deceased Body
Facial Approximation Sketch Provided The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Essex County Crime Unit, is looking for the public’s assistance in identifying a deceased body which was located at Crystal Beach in the Community of Colchester, Town of Essex. on March 26, 2022. The adult male is described as approximately 6′ […]
Operator Impaired on Riding Lawn Mower in Leamington
On Sunday April 16, 2023, at approximately 1:22 a.m., an officer from the Leamington Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol when they observed a riding lawnmower exiting a restaurant drive through on Talbot Street West in the Municipality of Leamington. While speaking with the operator, the […]
OPP Investigating Highway 3 Collision
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Kingsville Detachment is currently investigating a serious collision that took place on Highway 3. On Friday April 14, 2023, at approximately 8:25 p.m., members of the Kingsville Detachment OPP, Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Service (EMS), and Kingsville Fire and Rescue responded to a three vehicle collision on […]
The Worst Time To Leave Your Seat Is During A Crash
Having responded to 61 seatbelt-related fatalities on Ontario Provincial Police-(OPP)-patrolled roads in 2022 and nine so far this year, OPP officers won’t be interested in any excuses from unbuckled drivers and passengers as they conduct their Easter Long Weekend Seatbelt Campaign. Drivers and passengers are reminded that everything in a vehicle, including unbuckled occupants, […]
OPP Packing Groceries For 26th Annual Cop Camp
On Thursday, April 6, 2023, Essex County OPP officers, auxiliary officers, and civilian employees, and volunteers will be packing groceries in support of their 26th Annual Essex County OPP Cop Camp. The OPP will be in attendance on one of the busiest shopping days of the year at the following Essex […]
Ontario Increasing Minimum Wage to $16.55 an Hour on October 1, 2023
Nearly a million workers will benefit from bigger paycheques on October 1 TORONTO — The Ontario government is increasing the minimum wage to $16.55 an hour on October 1, 2023. This 6.8 per cent pay raise for low-income workers builds on the government’s steady and predictable increases every year to help […]
Charges Laid In Relation To Drug Overdose Death
On March 23, 2023, members of the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), arrested and charged an individual in connection with the death of a Kingsville resident. On March 20, 2022, police were called to a Kingsville […]