Saskatchewan RCMP: on duty in your community -October 10 to Sunday, October 16, 2022, inclusive

October 18, 2022
Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

News release

Please note all information below occurred within the time period above, unless otherwise noted.

Saskatchewan RCMP – Your Provincial Police Service

Investigative Recap

October 11: Battleford RCMP asking for public assistance in robbery investigation

October 13: Creighton RCMP investigate sudden death of 24-year-old female from Flin Flon, MB

October 14: Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes investigating death at RPCC

October 14: Pierceland RCMP seeks public assistance located wanted male

October 15: Male released from hospital after overnight Saskatchewan RCMP-involved shooting

October 15: Creighton RCMP notifies public of increased robberies, property crimes, fires; asks public to report info and suspicious activity

October 16: RCMP notifying public of three vehicle thefts/attempt in PA Detachment area

October 16: At approximately 3 a.m., Turnor Lake RCMP received a report of an individual uttering threats at a residence on Birch Narrows Dene Nation. The officers parked their police vehicle near the residence and got out to investigate the call. While walking to the residence, officers observed an ATV travelling toward them at a high rate of speed. At the last minute, the ATV veered and struck the police vehicle head-on. The driver of the ATV, a 30-year-old female, reported no injuries, but was arrested and charged with one count, impaired operation of a conveyance, Section 320.13(1)(a), Criminal Code and one count, failure or refusal to comply with demand, Section 320.13(1), Criminal Code. She will appear in court in Turnor Lake on November 23, 2022.

Incidents in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction October 10 to 16, 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.

Divisional Operational Communications Centre (does not include calls for service by the public directly to local RCMP detachments)

Calls for service total 6728
Highest volume of calls for service was on October 15, 2022 1193
Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) 56


Persons Offences (number of incidents, not victims)
Homicide 2
Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) 32
Sexual assaults 18
Sexual crime - other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) 3


Assaults

Aggravated Assault 3
Assault 196
Assault with weapon or cauing bodily harm 51
Robbery 5
Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) 10
Kidnapping/forcible confinement 1
Harassment/uttering threats 101
Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) 23
Property Offences
Break and Enter Total 138
Number of break and enters to a business 30
Number of break and enters to a residence 73
Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) 33
Theft Total 299
Other theft over $5,000 38
Theft $5,000 or under 202
Number of theft of motor vehicle 59
Mischief 545
Number of mischief - damage to property 145
Number of mischief - obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) 399
Other Criminal Code Offences
Bail violations 115
Breach of probation 29
Failure to appear 32
Disturbing the peace 164

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).
April 2022
Intimate partner violence 371
Family violence 320
May 2022
Intimate partner violence 375
Family violence 385
June 2022
Intimate partner violence 362
Family violence 362
Total intimate partner violence April-June, 2022 1060
Total family violence April-June, 2022 1119
Traffic
Impaired-related offences 94
Number of roadside suspensions 11
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle 28
Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) 1357
Fines issued 872
Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) 485
Collisions 186
Dangerous driving 6
Fatal collisions (number of incidents, not victims) 0

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 312
False alarms 188
Breach of peace 109
911 Act – other activities 117
Suspicious person/vehicle/property 207
Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): 149

Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner's Act (Every non-suspicious sudden death police officers respond to including reports of persons who died by suicide, natural, accident or undetermined. Specific breakdowns by cause of death are unavailable.)

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