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On June 18, 2020 a public awareness and educational intervention was conducted on the heels of a recent, suspected drug overdose in Owen Sound. Members of the Grey- Bruce Public Health Unit partnered with the Mobile Mental Health and Addiction Response Team (M.M.H.A.R.T.) to distribute Naloxone Kits, literature on safer drug use as well education regarding the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act. The M.M.H.A.R.T....

On June 12, 2020 at approximately 3:05 pm Owen Sound Police received information of a male and female shop lifting at an upper eastside grocery store.

The Owen Sound Police Service was contacted earlier today by a family who were unable to locate their 3 year old son after playing near the toboggan hill in Harrison Park.  The family was unfamiliar with the area or the terrain of the park, and only spent a short amout of time searching before contacting Police to assist. 

The Owen Sound Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit has charged a 68 year- old female as result of an investigation into the trafficking of prescription narcotics in the city.

On Wednesday May 27, 2020 members of the Owen Sound Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit teamed up with the Grey-Bruce O.P.P. Community Street Crime Unit to conduct a Cocaine trafficking investigation.

Three Owen Sound men face charges after they were arrested in a Fentanyl trafficking investigation.  On May 19th just prior to 5 p.m. members of the Owen Sound Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit and Criminal Investigations Branch arrested the men as they arrived in a vehicle at an east side motel.

The Owen Sound Police Service has a requirement for two (2) experienced part-time Dispatchers.  Under the direction of their supervisor, these positions will be responsible for administrative and emergency call-taking and dispatching in computerized Communications Centre.  These positions involve shift work and have no guaranteed number of hours per week.

On the 19th of May, 2020, in the afternoon, a woman was unloading items from her vehicle at a west side address. The woman began carrying the contents in to a residence, however when she returned to her vehicle for a second trip, she found a man sitting in the drivers seat attempting to steal it.

The Owen Sound Police were busy responding to several calls for service over the long weekend.  Among these, officers arrested two motorists in separate incidents, one for being impaired by a drug and the other for impaired by alcohol.

Each spring local police services deal with a surge of calls from the public regarding what they believe are ‘rabid’ raccoons. These raccoons appear around residential properties during the daytime hours causing people concern. Police are wanting to educate residents that these raccoons are not necessarily rabid, but rather the animals may be experiencing a common condition called distemper.

A 19-year-old Hepworth male lost his license and had his car impounded for 7 days after being charged with stunt driving.

During Police Week we are celebrating the different departments here at OSPS and we are especially proud of the daily work of our Uniform Branch to keep the streets of Owen Sound safe. Last week police arrested a male and seized a conducted energy weapon and an imitation firearm.

Tuesday, May 12 to Monday, May 18, 2020 marks Canada Road Safety Week, a 7-day public education campaign aimed at making Canada’s roads the safest in the world by promoting safe driving behaviours. This annual awareness campaign is designed to increase public compliance with safe driving measures in order to save lives and reduce injuries on Canada’s roads.

Just before 1:30 p.m. members of the Owen Sound Police Service attended a residence located on the lower east side of the City, in relation to a concerned citizen’s complaint of a man being in possession of firearms.

On Tuesday May 5th, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the Owen Sound Police responded to a complaint of a driver who possibly had an open container of alcohol inside their vehicle. The driver was observed by an employee at an east side fast food restaurant when the driver pulled through for his order. Officers arrived to investigate and found the vehicle in the restaurant parking lot.

On Tuesday April 28th at approximately 6:25 p.m. members of the Owen Sound Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit and Criminal Investigations Branch concluded a drug trafficking investigation with the arrest of an Owen Sound man in the 1000 block of 2nd Avenue East.

The Owen Sound Police Service, Saugeen Shores Police Service, West Grey Police Service, Hanover Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce Mental Health and Addiction Services, Bruce Grey Child and Family Services, 2-1-1 Central East Ontario, Women's House Serving Bruce & Grey and The Women’s Centre Grey Bruce have partnered to launch a new grassroots campaign called #HereToHelpGB.

The monthly board meeting can be viewed live via YouTube on Wednesday April 29 2020 at 10am.

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Shortly after 6:00 pm on 23 April 2020 police attended a parking lot in the downtown core regarding a motor vehicle collision.  Police quickly learned that the lone involved vehicle was also the same vehicle in a traffic complaint received a short time earlier.