Please note all information below occurred within the time period above, unless otherwise noted.
Saskatchewan RCMP – Your Provincial Police Service
- A reminder to the public: Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTS Sask) is comprised of officers from Saskatchewan RCMP and other municipal police services including: Prince Albert Police Service, Regina Police Service, Moose Jaw Police Service, Weyburn Police Service, Estevan Police Service, and Saskatoon Police Service. The public may see CTS Sask police vehicles from any of these jurisdictions conducting roadside enforcement in their community!
Investigative Recap
- June 6: At approximately 4:30 p.m., Yorkton RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver on Tupper Avenue. Officers located the vehicle, which was parked. The vehicle reversed, then collided with a police vehicle. It then drove away in an erratic manner, nearly hitting several police officers. Shortly after, the vehicle was disabled and no longer driveable. The driver was arrested. Investigation determined the vehicle has been reported as stolen from Kamsack earlier in the day.
As a result, Dezaray Quewezance, 37, from Yorkton is charged with: 1 count, flight from police, Section 320.17, Criminal Code; 1 count, possession of property obtained by crime, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code; 4 counts, assault on police officer, Section 270.01(2), Criminal Code; 1 count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Section 320.13(1), Criminal Code; 1 count, operation while prohibited, Section 320.18, Criminal Code; 1 count, failure to stop after an accident, Section 320.16(1), Criminal Code; 2 counts, mischief over $5,000, Section 430(3), Criminal Code, 1 count, operation while impaired, Section 320.14(1)(a), Criminal Code; and 1 count, operation over .08, Section 320.14(1)(b), Criminal Code.
She will next appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on June 13.
- June 6: Meadow Lake RCMP charges five individuals, seeks public assistance locating woman wanted on warrant in kidnapping/flight from police investigation
- June 7: Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit investigating suspicious death on Montreal Lake Cree Nation
- June 8: Charges laid in firearms discharge incident in Cumberland house, investigations continue
- June 8: Battleford RCMP locate two wanted males, charged also with resisting arrest
- June 9: Three charged, weapons and 359 grams of cocaine seized after search warrant executed in North Battleford
- June 10: Shortly after 1:00 a.m. Prince Albert RCMP responded to a report of a stabbing at a residence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation. The adult male victim was transported to hospital by STARS for treatment of what were described as serious injuries. Prince Albert RCMP continue to investigate this incident. No charges are laid.
- June 11: At 3 a.m., La Ronge RCMP located an injured male beside Highway #2 near Curtiss Street in Air Ronge. The male was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Investigation determined the male may have been struck by a vehicle and La Ronge RCMP asks anyone with information to call the detachment at 306-425-6730. The investigation continues.
- June 11: At approximately 6:15 a.m., Turtleford RCMP received a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway #26, south of Turtleford. The driver, a 25-year-old male from Martensville, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His family has been notified. Investigation continues with the assistance of a Saskatchewan RCMP Collision Reconstruction.
- June 11: At approximately 8:35 p.m., Kindersley RCMP received a report of a semi rollover on Highway #21, approximately 10 km west of Glidden. The adult male driver reported minor injuries. The semi was hauling cattle and several died at the scene. The highway was closed while the cattle were assessed and the semi was removed.
- June 12: At approximately 4:20 a.m., Nipawin RCMP received a report of an assault at a residence in Nipawin. Investigation determined that a group of individuals entered the residence, requested money and assaulted an adult male, then stole an SUV from the property and left with it. The male was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The investigation continues and Nipawin RCMP ask anyone with information to call the detachment at 306-862-6270.
Report Tips and Information: If you have information about any of the above crimes, or other criminal activity, please report it to your nearest RCMP Detachment or police service, call 310-RCMP in non-emergencies, 911 in emergencies. Information can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submitting a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
Report some complaints such as damage/mischief to property under $5,000, theft of bicycle under $5,000, theft under $5,000, theft from vehicle under $5,000, lost or found property and damage/mischief to vehicle under $5000 online here: https://ocre-sielc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/saskatchewan/en
Incidents in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction June 6 - June 12, 2022
Please note: the statistics below are representative of reports received within the Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction. They are from the RCMP records management system and are accurate as the day they are collected. Crime statistics are regularly updated due to changes in reporting procedures, changes in ongoing investigations, etc. As a result, the statistics below may differ from previous or future published reports.
| Calls for service total | 6843 |
| Highest volume of calls for service was on June 11, 2022 | 1123 |
| Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) | 95 |
| Homicide | 1 |
| Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) | 10 |
| Sexual assaults | 18 |
| Sexual crime - other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) | 7 |
Assaults
| Aggravated Assault | 3 |
| Assault | 183 |
| Assault with weapon or cauing bodily harm | 56 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) | 16 |
| Kidnapping/forcible confinement | 1 |
| Harassment/uttering threats | 128 |
| Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) | 42 |
| Break and Enter Total | 126 |
| Number of break and enters to a business | 29 |
| Number of break and enters to a residence | 72 |
| Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) | 25 |
| Theft Total | 237 |
| Other theft over $5,000 | 29 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 183 |
| Number of theft of motor vehicle | 25 |
| Mischief | 499 |
| Number of mischief - damage to property | 138 |
| Number of mischief - obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) | 361 |
| Bail violations | 126 |
| Breach of probation | 28 |
| Failure to appear | 23 |
| Disturbing the peace | 209 |
Reports of intimate partner and family violence
- Time period reported is quarterly.
- Data represents number of victims, as there may be more than one victim on a specific investigative file. An individual victimized more than once in a timeframe would be counted more than once. Due to common relationship types in intimate and family violence categories, totals should not be combined.
- Intimate partner refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), current and former dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship.
- Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
| January 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 339 |
| Family violence | 320 |
| February 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 332 |
| Family violence | 352 |
| March 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 389 |
| Family violence | 395 |
| Total intimate partner violence January-March | 1060 |
| Total family violence January-March 2022 | 1067 |
| Impaired-related offences | 104 |
| Number of roadside suspensions | 8 |
| Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle | 17 |
| Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) | 1252 |
| Fines issued | 840 |
| Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) | 412 |
| Collisions | 158 |
| Dangerous driving | 9 |
| Fatal collisions (number of incidents, not victims) | 3 |
Non-offence Codes (generally, instances where Criminal Codes or Provincial/Federal Statutes aren't broken – for example abandoned vehicles, animal calls, school visits, property or wellbeing checks, etc.)
| Assistance | 327 |
| False alarms | 228 |
| Breach of peace | 103 |
| 911 Act – other activities | 204 |
| Suspicious person/vehicle/property | 210 |
| Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): | 202 |
| Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner's Act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons who died by suicide. Individual numbers associated to people who died by suicide would require a manual review of all RCMP files under this code): | 14 |