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Noelville Detachment RELEASE: May 06^th, 2008 DE: Détachement Noëlville PUBLICATION LE: May 06, 2008 NEWS RELEASE FIRE DESTROYS TWO VEHICLES (French River, On.) On Monday, April 28^th, 2008, at about 6:05 am, members of the Noelville OPP Detachment and the Fire Department were dispatched to a residence on Mayer Road, in response to two vehicles on fire. A scenes of crimes officer attended and an investigation began. Two other vehicles parked in the driveway sustained damages. Police are still investigating. Anyone having information about this crime or any crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Your information is confidential and your identity is kept anonymous. EXCESSIVE SPEED RESULTS IN DRIVER’S LICENCE SUSPENSION (French River, On.) On Monday, April 28^th, 2008, at about 5:26 pm, a member of the Warren OPP Satellite Detachment was conducting routine patrols of Highway 17 when he observed a vehicle appear to be traveling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was stopped after the radar measured the speed at 149 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone. Franklin PERALES, age 35, from Laval Quebec was charged with Operate Motor Vehicle While Performing a Stunt – Excessive Speed. He was served with a 7 day driver’s licence suspension and the vehicle was towed and impounded for 7 days. He will appear in court in June 2008 to answer to the charge. MAN ARRESTED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING ON GOLF CART (St. – Charles, On.) On Tuesday, April 29^th, 2008, a member of the Noelville OPP Detachment was conducting patrols on King Street in St.-Charles when he observed a three wheeled golf cart traveling westbound with another person hanging on. Police stopped the vehicle and further investigation resulted in the driver displaying signs of impairment. Police arrested John Brian MILLERS, age 49 of St.-Charles and transported him to the Warren OPP Satellite Detachment for Breathalyzer tests. MILLERS was charged with Impaired Driving and Driving with Over 80 mgs of Alcohol per 100 ml of Blood as well as two counts of Breach of Recognizance. He was issued with a Notice of Increased Penalty and his driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days under the Ontario’s Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS) Program. He was transported to the Sudbury District Jail pending a bail hearing. TRAFFIC COMPLAINT RESULTS IN IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGES (Markstay Warren, On.) On Saturday, May 03^rd, 2008, a member of the Warren OPP Satellite Detachment responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 17. The vehicle was located and police spoke with the driver who displayed signs of impairment. Jane Susan DEKKER, age 42 of Sudbury was arrested for impaired driving and transported to the Warren OPP Satellite Detachment for Breathalyzer tests. DEKKER was charged with Impaired Driving and Driving with Over 80 mgs of Alcohol per 100 ml of Blood. Her driver’s licence is suspended for 90 days under the Ontario Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS) Program. She was released on a Promise to Appear in Court in June 2008. DEKKER was further charged with Drive Motor vehicle – No Licence, Use Plate not Authorized for Vehicle, Operate Motor Vehicle without Insurance and Driving Motor Vehicle with Open Container of Liquor. She was issued a summons to appear in Provincial Court on these charges. YOUTH CHARGED WITH OPEN LIQUOR IN VEHICLE (French River, On.) On Saturday, May 03^rd, 2008, a member of the Noelville OPP Detachment observed a vehicle parked in the Noelville church parking lot, with several youths in the vehicle. When the vehicle left the parking lot, police followed it and conducted a traffic stop on St-David Street. Four youths between the ages of 16 and 18 years were identified inside the vehicle. Police also observed two open cases of liquor inside the vehicle. A 17 year old male driver was charged with Person Under 19 years having liquor. The sealed bottles of alcohol were seized as there were no occupants aged 19 or older in the vehicle. The vehicle was registered to the mother of the driver. 9-1-1 CALLS The Ontario Provincial Police responded to three (3) non-emergency 9-1-1 calls during the past week. Two calls were misdialed calls and the other call was a problem with the phone lines. Police would like to again remind residents that 9-1-1 calls are for life and death emergencies such as: a collision with injuries, a crime in progress, and any incidents where the public is in danger or an individual’s safety is at risk. DO NOT program 9-1-1 on your telephone. It takes just as long to retrieve the programmed number as it is to actually dial the numbers 9-1-1. If you are reporting a motor vehicle collision after the fact, a break and enter which occurred last week, if you have an administrative question or if you are looking for a particular officer, call 1-888-310-1122. All 9-1-1 calls will require a visit by the OPP. It is against the law to call 9-1-1 as a joke. MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION REPORTS May 01^st, 2008. 2:26 pm. Highway 637 between Highway 69 and Rock Lake Road in the Municipality of Killarney. Single vehicle in the ditch. Minor damage to vehicle. No injuries. Driver charged with Fail to Drive in Marked Lane. May 01^st, 2008. 9:20 pm. Highway 17 between Deer Lake Road and Cartier Street in the Municipality of West Nipissing. Single vehicle struck a moose. Minor damage to vehicle. No injuries. No charges. May 03^rd, 2008. 6:27 pm. Highway 575 in the Municipality of West Nipissing. Pioneer Construction backhoe flipped over due to road washout. Damage to vehicle. No injuries. No charges. May 05^th, 2008. 2:10 pm. Pothier Road in the Municipality of St.-Charles. Single vehicle collision reported after the fact. No damage. No injuries. No charges. Detachment Commander’s Message On Move Over legislation and the OPP’s enforcement Noelville OPP Detachment Commander Staff Sergeant Tim Foster would like to remind the public about the Move Over Legislation. This Legislation which came into effect in April 2003, is to increase both officer and public safety. Ontario's Highway Traffic Act requires motorists when approaching a police, fire or ambulance vehicle stopped with its emergency lights flashing in the same direction of travel, either in a lane or on the shoulder of a road or highway, to slow down and pass with caution. If the road has two or more lanes, the motorist must move over into another lane, if it can be done safely. If a motorist can’t move over, they must slow down to a reasonable speed. Failing to do so can result in the following: First offence - $400 to $2,000, plus three demerit points upon conviction and possible suspension of driver's licence for up to two years. Subsequent offence (within five years) - $1,000 to $4,000 fine, possible jail time up to six months and possible suspension of driver's licence for up to two years. IMPACT ON THE OPP: Since 1989, five OPP officers have been killed on provincial highways while parked at the side of the road. At least six OPP officers have been involved in incidents since November 2007 where they were either hit by a vehicle or their cruiser was hit while they were parked on the side of the road, with their lights activated: A cruiser was struck on January 23 in West Region at a collision scene. A tractor trailer lost control, jack-knifed, and skidded over top of Sgt. Scott Braun. He is okay. Officer saw it coming and had the presence of mind to drop to the ground. The tractor trailer passed over him and hit his cruiser. In Cambridge area, on Highway 401 westbound, officer was stopped at collision site and had driver in his cruiser, which was parked in front of damaged car. Another motorist hit the rear of the parked car, pushing it into the OPP cruiser. No one seriously injured but there could have been deaths had the officer and motorist been outside the cruiser. An officer from Nottawasaga Detachment was injured when a vehicle hit him during a traffic stop. An Ottawa OPP officer was injured while investigating crash on Highway 417 at the Riverside Drive off-ramp. In the most recent incident, an SUV sideswiped an officer on Highway 400 northbound on Friday, April 18, 2008. The officer received minor scrapes and bruisers to his arm. The SUV driver failed to stop. A motorist drove into the back end of a fire truck parked on the shoulder of the road at accident scene on Highway 401 in Toronto. KEY MESSAGES: Safety of emergency services and other personnel is paramount while they are providing assistance on the shoulder of the province’s highways OPP officers put their lives on the line every day when they report for duty but they shouldn’t need to worry about being injured – or worse – when making traffic stops on the highways Future deaths and injuries to emergency personnel can be minimized by enacting this legislation Drivers have a responsibility to know the rules of the road as outlined in the Highway Traffic Act. Ignorance of the law is no excuse There are signs at border crossings notifying people of the law MTO has included information on the legislation in license renewal notices MTO also posts “move over” reminders on provincial COMPASS signs The OPP has, for the past year, mentioned it regularly in media releases announcing weekend and other traffic initiatives for a number of years In January, 2008 the OPP did a province-wide news release warning drivers that the OPP would be cracking down on offenders There is also financial impact to the OPP and its officers when officers and/or cruisers involved in collisions on the side of the roads – replacing or repairing vehicles, time off duty for injured officers, related health costs, insurance increases, etc. OPP and MTO participated in the production of Toronto Police Service DVD “Mover Over Protect Us All”. MTO provided funding and helped with distribution of video across the province Similar legislation has already been enacted in Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as a number of U.S. states The legislation supports and enhances other road safety initiatives including: Highway Incident Management Task Force (Red Tape with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (OPP) and the Ministry of Transportation); Action Plan for Safer Roads (MTO); Community Safety Zones (MSG). Did You Know? Ontario Provincial Police Crackdown on Seatbelt Use a Success (From Corporate Communications Bureau in Orillia) The Ontario Provincial Police checked more than 1.24 million vehicles during the annual spring seatbelt initiative, which began on April 16 and ended at midnight on April 28. Four people died as a result of not wearing seatbelts during the province-wide campaign. The OPP, which is responsible for about 70 per cent of the province’s highways, laid 10,753 charges against drivers, 4,481 charges against passengers and charged 274 drivers for not having a properly installed child restraint. Last year, 117 people were killed on roads patrolled by the OPP as a result of not being buckled up, a 14.7 per cent increase over 2006. So far in 2008, 27 people not wearing seatbelts have died on OPP-patrolled roads, a 28.9 per cent decrease over the same time last year, when 38 people had been killed as a result of not being buckled up. “Ontario has one of the highest compliance rates for seatbelt use of any jurisdiction in North America,” OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino said. “But there are still drivers out there who don’t seem to get it. We had four people die during the campaign because they weren’t buckled up. The few seconds it takes to buckle up could be the difference between living and dying if you are involved in a serious collision.” In one incident, OPP stopped a passenger van in which 12 of the 15 people in it weren’t wearing seatbelts. The law calls for vehicles to have one seatbelt for each passenger seat. The OPP was also checking for improperly installed child restraints or young children who weren’t in car seats at all. A properly used child seat reduces a child’s risk of injury in a motor vehicle collision by as much as 75 per cent, yet as many as 80 per cent of child car seats are used incorrectly. Municipal police services across the province were also involved in the seatbelt campaign. View our releases at www.crimealerts.net -30- Contact: Detachment Commander: P.C. Louise Monette Staff Sergeant Tim Foster Community Services/Media Relations Officer 239 Hwy 64 S, P.O. Box 96 Noelville, Ontario P0M 2N0 Tel: (705) 898-2211 Fax: (705) 898-2143
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