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Guns and ammo turned in during OPS’ firearm amnesty

August 23, 2019   ·   0 Comments

Orangeville Police Service has once again completed its annual Firearms and Prohibited Weapons Amnesty program, which ran from July 1st to July 31st, 2019.

As a result of the program, police received one hand gun, two rifles, two pellet guns and a cross-bow for destruction. A small quantity of ammunition was also turned over to police.

The goal of the annual program is to increase safety by reducing the number of unwanted or illegally owned firearms, prohibited weapons and ammunition in our community. Having such items turned in through the program reduces the likelihood of unwanted firearms and weapons falling into the hands of criminals from break-ins and thefts, or into the hands of curious youth.

“Our annual amnesty program is a safety initiative that we will continue to offer in our community. We thank the members of the public for supporting this program and assisting our police service to help keep Orangeville safe”, said Police Chief Wayne Kalinski.

Residents are reminded that they don’t have to wait until next year to surrender unwanted firearms, ammunition or prohibited weapons. If you have an item that you would like to turn over to police simply contact OPS and arrangements will be made for an officer to pick the item up from you.

Police investigate theft of perfume

OPS is investigating the theft of a large quantity of perfume from Shoppers Drug Mart on Broadway Monday evening.

On Monday, August 12, 2019, at approximately 8:35p.m., an unknown female entered the Shoppers Drug Mart located at 25 Broadway in Orangeville and left the store with a quantity of various bottles of perfume. The suspect secured the goods in a vehicle and re-entered the store removing another quantity of perfume. In total there were in excess of twenty different fragrances stolen with an estimated value of $1500 to $2000.

The suspect is described a black female, heavy build with black curly hair, wearing a light colour shirt, dark pants and a baseball cap. She was carrying a shoulder bag.

Police are continuing their investigation and would like to hear from anyone who can assist with further information to identify the suspect.

2018 Annual Report

On Tuesday, July 23, OPS’ 2018 Annual Report was presented to members of the Orangeville Police Services Board at their monthly meeting. The report was approved by the Orangeville Police Services Board at a special meeting on July 30.

The Annual Report is a statistical review of the police service that highlights the most common offences in a variety of criminal and non-criminal categories.

The report indicated that there was a 1 percent increase in the number of occurrences in 2018 with 21,220 calls. In 2017, the police service had 20,990 occurrences.

The report featured a review of the past five years in the Uniform Crime Reporting categories. Reductions were shown in the categories of Crimes of Violence (down 11 percent from 2017), Property Crimes (down 5 percent from 2017) and Illegal Drug Offences were virtually unchanged from 2017.

On the Provincial Offences side of things there was a 10 percent reduction in Highway traffic Act charges in 2018. However, Trespass to Property Act charges increased by 50 percent percent from 66 charges in 2017 to 99 charges in 2018. Liquor Licence Act charges also increased from 77 charges in 2017 to 139 charges in 2018.

Motor vehicle collisions increased from 422 occurrences in 2017 to 608 occurrences in 2018.

Impaired driving and alcohol related drivers licence suspension incidents decreased from 73 charges or suspensions in 2017 to 61 charges or suspensions in 2018. The represents an overall decrease of 16 percent.

The 2018 Annual Report is available on the Orangeville Police Service website www.orangevillepolice.ca.

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