Tips to Help Keep Halloween Spooky yet Safe. With Halloween only a few nights away, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has created a fun safety video message to remind trick-or-treaters, parents and drivers of some tips to ensure a spooky yet safe Halloween night. Below are some additional pointers for a hauntingly […]
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OPP Investigate Fatal Collision on County Road 42
The Lakeshore Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor collision involving a motor vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle at County Road 42. On October 24, 2023, at approximately 9:20 p.m., members from the Lakeshore Detachment along with Lakeshore Fire Rescue and Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Service (EMS) […]
Second OPP Collision Reporting Centre (CRC) Opens Today In Leamington
Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is aiming to improve public safety and further create efficiencies for drivers involved in property damage collisions with a second Collision Reporting Centre in Leamington (CRC). The new OPP Collision Reporting Centre in Leamington, which will be operating out of the same building where […]
OPP Focused On Public Safety In Light Of Middle East Conflict
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is aware of global online threats of violence regarding the situation in the Middle East. We want to assure the people of Ontario that we continue to focus on public safety. The OPP and our law enforcement partners are closely monitoring for any situation which […]
OPP Seeking Assistance In Locating Missing Person
On October 6, 2023, members of the Kingsville Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) commenced an investigation to locate a Leamington resident who has not been seen for several weeks and there are growing concerns for their wellbeing. Adam is a 38-year-old resident of Leamington. Police are seeking the public’s assistance […]
OPP Remind Drivers To Stop For School Buses and Crossing Guards
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Essex County Detachment would like to take this opportunity to remind the motoring public that every driver MUST stop for school buses. We are one month into the school year and already we are sending out a reminder to all drivers to slow down and to pay […]
OPP Investigate Laser Pointed At Aircraft
On Friday September 22, 2023, at approximately 8:25 p.m. Lakeshore Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a dangerous conditions report, in Belle River, Municipality of Lakeshore. NAV Canada – Windsor International Airport control, contacted Essex County OPP reporting that unknown suspect(s) had been shining a laser at a flight […]
Arson Investigation In Leamington
On Tuesday September 19, 2023, at approximately 06:35 a.m., the Leamington detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Leamington Fire Services responded to a structure fire at an address on Wigle Street south of Mill Street East in the Municipality of Leamington. All occupants were evacuated by firefighters safely, […]
OPP Investigating Mischief In Leamington
On September 18, 2023, the Leamington detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a mischief on Erie Street South in the Municipality of Leamington. On Friday, September 15, 2023, at approximately 8:03 p.m., the rainbow crosswalk had been damaged. Unknown persons had driven a motor vehicle […]
Intimate Partner Violence Investigation Results In Charges
On September 17, 2023, the Kingsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an address in the Town of Kingsville and entered into an intimate partner violence investigation. As a result of the investigation, a 29-year-old from Leamington, has been charged with: · Break, Enter a place – commit indictable offence · Theft […]