Crimes & Misdemeanors

Officers with OPP West Region's 13 detachments laid hundreds of seat-belt charges during the Easter long weekend traffic campaign. From Friday, April 18, 2025, until April 21, 2025, West Region officers from the 13 detachments in the region laid 338 seat-belt charges under Ontario's seat-belt laws.  133 of those charges were laid by officers in the Grey-Bruce detachment. Failure to wear a seat-belt caused, or was a contributing factor, in the deaths of 60 Ontarians in collisions on Ontario Provincial Police...

The Grey Bruce detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging the public to exercise extreme caution regarding online pop-up scams, following an incident which a community member was defrauded of a significant amount of gold. The investigation began on April 14, after the victim reported providing access to their banking information and over $63,000 in cash and gold to individuals fraudulently posing as Microsoft representatives. The Grey Bruce OPP is urging the public to be vigilant regarding unsolicited online...