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The LaSalle Police Service and the Town of LaSalle are pleased to announce that the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics has released the Crime Severity Index rankings for 2020, ranking the Town of LaSalle as the third safest community in Canada. The Crime Severity Index is compiled using the uniform crime reporting data from all of the 325 police services across the country. According to Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, the Crime Severity Index tracks the changes in the severity of crime, not just the volume. It is designed to measure the change in
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An adult male driver is facing a charge of Drive Motor Vehicle – Perform Stunt – Speeding by 40 km/h or more, after the vehicle he was driving was clocked on radar at 92 kilometers per hour in a 50 kilometer per hour zone. The infraction took place in the 2300 block of Front Road in LaSalle where an officer was conducting radar traffic enforcement. As a result of the charge, his driver’s licence was suspended for seven days and his vehicle was towed and impounded for 14 days. Please obey the rules of the road and drive safely.
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On Friday, July 9, 2021, just after 2:00 a.m., LaSalle Police Officers were dispatched to a restaurant on Malden Road for a report of a break and enter in progress. The business owner was on-site, working in his office when he heard the person breaking in and called the police. The male gained entry to the building by breaking an exterior door and was observed on video surveillance, rummaging through things in the front of the business. Officers arrived on scene within one minute, surrounding the business, and located a lone, adult male inside the restaurant. The male was arrested
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Officers will be handing out “ice cream cone” coupons donated by McDonald’s to local youths that officers see practicing “safe” bicycling skills. The youth will also be entered in a raffle for a chance to win a bicycle donated by the LaSalle Police Youth Foundation at the end of the summer draw. Wear those helmets and ride safely!   A special Thanks to McDonald’s Ojibway for their participation in promoting safe cycling.   Left to right – Acting Chief Davies, McDonald’s Ojibway Jenn Rocetes. and Sergeant Tonin.
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An adult female motorist has had her driver’s licence suspended for a period of three days after a traffic stop with LaSalle Police just before 1:00 a.m. on Monday, July 5th, 2021. While speaking with the driver, the officer suspected that they were operating their vehicle after consuming alcohol and demanded that she submit to a test to determine if her ability to operate the vehicle was impaired. Further tests revealed that the drivers blood alcohol level was above 50mgs per 100 mls of blood and was issued a three day drivers licence suspension as a result. There is no
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On Friday, July 2nd, 2021 just before 2:30 PM, a LaSalle Police Officer conducting radar/traffic enforcement on Front Road observed a Hyundai Tiburon travelling at 92 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone. The officer stopped the vehicle and issued the adult male driver a summons for drive motor vehicle perform stunt- speeding by 40 or more km/h in a zone that is less than 80 km/h. His drivers licence was suspended and his motor vehicle was towed and impounded. Beginning on July 1st, 2021 the government of Ontario made changes to Section 172(1) – of the Highway Traffic Act
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Case # LA 21-6988 On Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 just before midnight, LaSalle Police Officers responded to a motorcycle collision on Highway 18 just north of the Turkey Creek Bridge.   An adult male was driving the motorcycle northbound toward Windsor when it struck the raised median causing the driver to lose control.  The driver suffered serious and potentially life threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital by ambulance where he remains in critical condition. Members of the LaSalle Police Service Collision Reconstruction Unit and Forensic Identification Unit were on scene to assist with the investigation and kept the
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