Crime Stoppers helping communities stay safe
Durham Regional Crime Stoppers is celebrating 35 years of helping to fight crime in the community. January is Crime Stoppers Month and the organization says helping all [...]
POLICE
DRPS seeks input on action plan to combat systemic racism, improve transparency
The Durham Regional Police Services Board is seeking the community’s input on its Action Plan to Enhance Trust and Confidence in policing in Durham. Throughout 2020, events [...]
DRPS wraps up Festive R.I.D.E. campaign
Durham police charged four drivers with impaired driving offences during the seventh and final week of the Festive R.I.D.E campaign. Police stopped a total of 440 vehicles, [...]
One dead, another injured at Ontario Tech construction site
(Photo credit: Colin Williamson) A construction worker has died and another injured after an accident at a construction site at Ontario Tech University. The incident occurred [...]
DRPS lay 24 impaired driving charges in first three weeks of Festive R.I.D.E. campaign
DRPS have charged 24 drivers with impaired driving offences in the first three weeks of its Festive R.I.D.E. campaign. Although Durham Region is currently in the Red Zone due [...]
UPDATE: Police identify homicide victim in downtown Oshawa shooting
A double shooting in downtown Oshawa over the weekend has resulted in one death and another transported to hospital with serious life-threateninginjuries. (Photo by Colin [...]
DRPS launches annual Festive R.I.D.E. campaign
DRPS has launched its 2020 Festive R.I.D.E. campaign and is reminding motorists not to drink and drive and to plan ahead if consuming alcohol or cannabis this holiday season. [...]
Theriault receives sentencing
Former Toronto police officer Michael Theriault has been sentenced to nine months in jail for the assault of Dafonte Miller in late December 2016. The sentencing was carried [...]