The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reintroducing their Crime Reduction Unit (CRU).
Currently there are several individuals in the area with outstanding warrants ranging from Failing to Attend Court to serious violent crimes.
CRU locates and arrests individuals with these outstanding warrants and ensures they are brought before the courts.
CRU is also responsible for completing court issued DNA orders and conducting compliance checks.
CRU has been operating since March 2024.
Throughout the last 5 months CRU members have made 45 arrests of individuals and have laid an additional 42 new charges on top of existing charges.
CRU has also been very successful in seizing prohibited and restricted weapons/firearms, furthering the safety of the communities they serve.
When an individual is convicted of designated offences, they are ordered by the courts to provide a sample of bodily fluid to be stored in a national DNA data bank.
Evidence collected at crime scenes can be compared to these known offenders, often assisting with positive outcomes to complex investigations.
CRU ensures these samples are collected and entered onto the databank.
Compliance checks are conducted when an individual is released from custody with conditions.
Officers conduct random checks on these individuals to ensure compliance with these conditions.
CRU has charged 7 individuals as a result of non-compliance with their conditions.
CRU conducts investigations with various techniques to assist front line officers facilitate arrests with the priority on high risk and repeat offenders.
CRU members assisted Timmins Police Service and South Porcupine OPP by locating and arresting a 17-year-old male from New Tecumseth.
The male was wanted on various warrants for multiple firearms offences and attempt murder.
He was arrested and transported to the respective services.
If you have any outstanding warrants or DNA orders, please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 to plan to turn yourself.
If you know someone who is breaching their conditions you can contact the police or you can also call crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit your information online at www.crimestopperssdm.com.
Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display, and you will remain anonymous.
You will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.
