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The LaSalle Police Service, LaSalle Fire Service, and the Essex Terminal Railway are partnering in this very important message regarding safety along our railways. The ETR tracks run through LaSalle from Highway 18 to Malden Road. The tracks and the property adjacent to the tracks are private property, owned by the ETR and posted as no trespassing. Using the tracks as throughways for pedestrian, ATV, or snowmobile traffic or ignoring crossing signals while driving your automobile is not only illegal but dangerous. Trains cannot stop even when it is apparent that a collision may be imminent. Vehicles traveling along the
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The LaSalle Police Service will be holding its 25th annual bicycle rodeo on Saturday, June 4th, 2022 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex with the assistance of Bike Windsor Essex. The event will be held outside in the semi-circle drop-off zone near the main entrance of the complex. The bicycle rodeo aims to teach safe cycling skills to children aged 15 and under. There will also be a pro BMX stunt demonstration by Eric Favot, bike and helmet adjustments, a pizza lunch, and a raffle for a chance to win one of three
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Your Police Services: Helping Build Safer Communities. On Friday, May 13th, and Saturday, May 14th, the LaSalle Police Service will be kicking off Police Week at Zehrs LaSalle located at 5890 Malden Road, LaSalle. Come on out and meet our officers and check out our vehicles, classic vehicles, and displays. May 15th -21st, 2022 is a seven-day public awareness campaign that encourages new connections between police and the communities they serve. This campaign represents an opportunity to emphasize how police officers are both members of the community they live in and members of the police community they work in. This
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Report #22-1539 On Monday, May 2, 2022, just after 11:00 AM, the Windsor Police Service Marine Unit was notified by a ship crew that they had observed a body in the Detroit River between the Ambassador Bridge and Fighting Island. The Windsor Police Marine Unit attended and recovered the body with the assistance of the Windsor Port Authority. The LaSalle Police Service Criminal Investigation Unit attended and were able to confirm that it was Blair Lyons, whom police had been seeking as a suspect in a homicide as well as the subject of a missing person investigation. On March 19th,
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On Sunday, May 1st, 2022 the LaSalle Police Service hosted a complimentary vessel safety equipment inspection clinic at Gil Maure Park in LaSalle.  Despite the inclement weather, approximately 15 vessels were inspected, all of which had no to minimal deficiencies.  The goal of the clinic was to ensure that our boaters have all of the required safety equipment aboard before setting out and to promote safe boating.  It never hurts to have a trained professional take a look. We would like to thank our partners, LaSalle Fire Service, Windsor Police Service, Canada Border Services Agency, Canada Coast Guard Amherstburg Base,
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