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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Operation Impact campaign ran for four days over the Thanksgiving weekend, conducting enforcement on highways and roads across Ontario. Operation Impact is a national campaign led by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and supports Canada’s Road Safety Strategy. Across the province, OPP responded
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Local detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were kept busy over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Members of the South Frontenac and Sharbot Lake Detachments arrested one person for impaired driving, attended three motor vehicle collisions, two marine distress calls for service, two stolen vehicles, and a missing person, as
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At R.I.D.E. programs conducted by officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) over the past week, two individuals were charged with impaired driving. The first individual approached a R.I.D.E checkpoint on Palace Road in Greater Napanee at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday,
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Ontario Provincial Police were busy in South Frontenac Township over the past few days, charging three different individuals with impaired driving. Two incidents involved collisions, but no serious injuries were reported. Just before 11 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, officers of the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial
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A report of a possible impaired driver on Road 38 in South Frontenac Township on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 results in an impaired driving charge for a Central Frontenac driver. At approximately 4:15 p.m. officers of the South Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report
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The Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged two individuals with impaired driving in separate incidents over the weekend. The first driver was travelling in an erratic manner on Highway 401 eastbound and being followed by an off-duty officer, according to a release from
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Officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a multi-vehicle collision on Purdy Road in Bath, Ontario, and one driver is facing impaired driving charges. OPP officers responded to the call at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.
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A Greater Napanee man is facing impaired driving charges after concerned citizens, who witnessed a loud argument, stopped him from driving away from a residence with his two young children in the vehicle. Officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to
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Officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision at a residence off of Highway 41 in Addington Highlands Township at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, where a pickup truck had collided
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Provincial Parks Wardens in the Dunes area of Sandbanks Provincial Park contacted the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Prince Edward County Detachment to assist with a suspected impaired vessel operator. Just before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jul. 31, 2021, OPP responded to the wardens’ request and spoke with the vessel operator.
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A driver who fled police, struck a cruiser, and flipped her vehicle, resulting in an inquest by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), is now facing multiple criminal charges. On Thursday, Jul. 29, 2021, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued a press release announcing the charges, which stem from incidents that
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A South Frontenac man is facing charges after his vehicle struck a rock cut on Westport Road in South Frontenac Township, Ontario. Officers of the Sharbot Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of the single motor vehicle collision just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday,
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