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OPS aim to raise another $10,000 with 2019 Cops For Cancer event

April 18, 2019   ·   0 Comments

By Mike Baker

The Orangeville Police Service (OPS) is once again looking to the community to support their 2019 Cops For Cancer fundraising initiative. 

OPS members, along with colleagues from other area emergency services, are joining together to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. The 2019 Cops For Cancer event will feature participants shaving their heads in an event at Orangeville Town Hall on Saturday, May 11, 2019. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the courtyard of Town Hall. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will move to the Atrium inside  the hall. 

“We have all been touched by cancer in one way or another and we were extremely pleased with last year’s event raising just over $10,000,” said Chief Wayne Kalinski. “We look forward to the ongoing support of our generous community”. 

After the success of the 2018 campaign, the OPS is seeking to raise another $10,000 during this year’s initiative. 

The public can support this event in a variety of ways. Cash donations can be made either online by searching Cops for Cancer Orangeville, by contacting Constable Scott Davis at 519-941-2522 ext. 2221 or sdavis@orangevillepolice.ca or by attending the OPS in person at 390 C Line, Orangeville. 

“We’re appreciative of any size of donation. Big or small we’ll accept them all,” said Constable Davis. “There are close to 30,000 people in our community. If we received even a dollar or two, from half of our residents, it would be a fabulous accomplishment”. 

The OPS is challenging their community service partners and local businesses to register teams to achieve “Top Fundraiser” status. To register a team, visit the Cops For Cancer Orangeville 2019 web page: convio.cancer.ca/site/TR?fr_id=25287&pg= entry 

If anyone would like further information regarding this initiative please contact Constable Scott Davis at 519-941-2522 ext. 2221 or sdavis@orangevillepolice.ca 

Clocked at twice the limit

Last Thursday, April 11, 2019 at approximately 9 a.m., an officer from Dufferin OPP detachment clocked a 2018 Nissan travelling eastbound on Highway 89 at 162km/h in a posted 80km/h zone.

The vehicle was stopped and the driver, a 23-year-old male from Proton Station, was charged with Race a Motor Vehicle – Excessive Speed. The driver received a seven-day licence suspension and his motor vehicle was seized for the same period.

The driver will appear in court in May to answer to the charge.  

Cocaine, cash seized in raid

Members of the Dufferin, Nottawasaga and Caledon OPP Street Crime Units, with the assistance of the Emergency Response team (ERT) and Canine Unit, executed a Controlled Drugs And Substances Act warrant at an East Garafraxa Township address early last Friday morning.

As a result of the ongoing investigation, officers arrested eight people, including two young people. They seized a quantity of cocaine as well as cash and other drug trafficking-related evidence.

All eight were charged with drug-related offences and released on promises to appear. They are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Orangeville in May.

Anyone having knowledge of this crime or any other crime is asked to please contact the OP by telephone at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You can submit your information online at www.p3tips.com. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to caller ID and you will remain anonymous. Being anonymous, you will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.00.

Impaired driving charge

Members from the Dufferin and Caledon OPP detachments were alerted by concerned citizens on Airport Road Sunday just after noon regarding an aggressive and erratic driver.

The vehicle was located, stopped and officers arrested 26-year-old Slobodan Subotic of Hamilton on charges of impaired operation of a vehicle and operation of a vehicle with a blood alcohol content above 80 mg/100 mL. He was released on a promise to appear and will attend the Ontario Court of Justice in Orangeville on May 7 to answer to the charges.

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