Did you know that off-duty police officers are available for hire to provide police presence for a range of functions? Also known as “Pay Duty Officers”, they can assist in your event, film shoot or more, including notifying the Police Communications Centre for the timing of any special effect activities that may cause public alarm. […]
An individual from Oshawa is currently facing charges of impaired driving after being detected driving erratically on Highway 401 by Air1 surveillance. At approximately 10:45 p.m on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, while actively engaged in proactive patrol duties, the Air1 Tactical Flight Officer of the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) observed a motorist exhibiting erratic […]
It should come to no surprise that Durham Regional Police have distracted driving campaigns. The campaigns typically result in hundreds of people getting fined for distracted driving and other offences. A two-week driving enforcement campaign in Whitby that just wrapped up resulted in over 400 tickets with the majority being for distracted driving. In response […]
Here’s another weird one out of Florida. According to reports, Shakena Jefferson was shot in the head last week and was sent home with a band-aid and a bullet still lodged in her skull after doctors said the injury was just a graze. The woman was wounded in a drive-by shooting was told she suffered […]
Durham Regional Police arrested an 18-year-old in connection to a stabbing that happened in Oshawa Wednesday morning. According to reports, on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, members of Central East Division responded to the area of Albany Street and Albert Street in Oshawa for a male with injuries to his arms. The victim was taken to […]
48-year-old Pamela Milne is facing charges after she allegedly defrauded residents from the Shawanaga First Nation community in the Parry Sound area. According to reports, Milne, who has had her paralegal licence suspended by the Law Society of Ontario since 2016, allegedly obtained funds from the complainants to file Human Rights complaints and locate missing […]
Police are trying to identify two vehicles involved in a shooting incident yesterday on an Oshawa street. According to reports, on February 25, 2020, at approximately 4:05 p.m., residents living on Front Street near Second Avenue (Hwy. 401 and Simcoe Street area) reported hearing several gunshots. Witnesses told police that they saw a black Mazda […]
On February 15, 2020 police were called to Peacock Point, which is located about 50 km south of Hamilton. According to reports, police were called because a nine-year-old boy and an eight-year-old boy were sitting on a patch of ice about 25 feet from the shoreline when a wave came up and swept the two […]
Members of the DRPS West Division are currently investigating a shooting incident in Pickering after shots were fired around 1am this morning. According to early reports, a 33-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was shot during an early morning home invasion in Pickering on Wednesday. Witnesses report seeing several suspects fleeing from the […]
DRPS Pipes and Drums is a Highland band that has been active since 1996. The band is currently made up of 38 members, including two active DRPS officers. While the band performs at provincial and national police memorials and other police ceremonies, performances aren’t the bands only function. Pipes and Drums also runs a teaching program […]
