It was with great pleasure and pride that Charlottetown Police Services participated in the 2019 Truck Convoy in support of the 4th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics (PEI) on August 25th.
The convoy was a great success and raised over $12,000 for this worthwhile cause.
With the start of the new school year next week, Charlottetown Police Services remind the motoring public to be extra careful on our roads and be mindful of kids at bus stops and school buses picking them up. Cst Mark WOODS of the Charlottetown Police Services provides some valuable information on this video. Let’s “Keep Our Kids Safe”.
Charlottetown Police Services along with Highway Safety Officers conducted several check points in Charlottetown.
This enforcement initiative occurred on July 18th at two separate locations:
Jordan and Samantha, cousins from Nova Scotia have chosen careers focused on helping the public and have ended up working on PEI.
Jordan is a paramedic working with Island EMS and Samantha is a Police Officer working with Charlottetown Police Services. Both take pride in what they do and are committed to their duties as first responders.
Charlottetown Police Services Cdt. Colby Landrigan accepts a teddy bear donation from a local youth and his family at the Charlottetown Police Station.
Charlottetown Police officers will re-gift the teddy bears to children associated to investigations that are traumatic or difficult on the child.
Charlottetown Police are thankful for the community support.
Deputy Chief Sean Coombs
Charlottetown Police would like to notify the public that effective Monday, May 13th, 2019, we will be rolling out our new electronic tickets for parking infractions, which will replace the handwritten ones now used. Police Officers and Commissionaires will be equipped with devices that will print the new tickets on the scene of any vehicles found in violation. These new tickets will also go directly into an electronic database making them immediately available for payment via the following options:
Charlottetown Police Service is pleased to announce that in cooperation with the New Comers Society, a foreign language translator list. A very dedicated group of people provided by the New Comers Society have offered their service to the Charlottetown Police to assist officers by phone in situations were language is a barrier to providing assistance. Police are able to access the translator in time of need 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A translator list was compiled with security screening and background checks completed on all individuals involved in the service. At present, Charlottetown Police have the capability to provide language translation in Somali, Mandarin, and Arabic. Arabic translation can be provided by both a male or female translator depending on the situation. Charlottetown Police are committed to offering the best police service possible to new residents of our city who find themselves in a vulnerable situation not yet knowing the English language. Once again Charlottetown Police would like to thank the individuals who have come forward to provide their time and expertise to assist other members of our city.
Deputy Chief Sean Coombs
Charlottetown Police School Resource Officers and Charlottetown Police Services Healthy Me officers conducted the presentation “ Picture This “ to grade 7, 8 & 9 students from Queen Charlotte Jr High School on April 10th.
Charlottetown Police School Resource Officers in conjunction with Student Services have developed a new program entitled “Picture This”.
The program focuses on the impact of harassment, social media (positive and negative), youth intimate images and the legal and mental consequences associated to these actions.
Get ready to laugh, splash and support a great cause at the Polar Plunge 2019 in support of Special Olympics PEI.
Charlottetown Police Services is hosting the Sunday April 7th event at it’s Police Headquarters located at 10 Kirkwood Drive.
12:00pm – Registration
1:00pm – Plunge starts
The 2019 Polar Plunge will have Islander families, individuals, businesses, law enforcement members, and celebrities taking pledges to jump into cold waters on Plunge Day, all to support and raise awareness for Special Olympics PEI.
With the tax filing season upon use, Charlottetown Police Services remind the public to be aware of the CRA scam and to protect themselves against being victims of fraud.
The fraudster pretends to be with the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency), calls unwitting tax payers and tells them that they owe money from a past tax return. The tax payer is told that they will incur additional fees, face jail time, be arrested by Police or be deported if they fail to pay. Payment usually consists of a bitcoin transaction, wire transfer or prepaid gift cards. These scammers are very threatening and entice fear.
How to protect yourself: