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Police increase presence on the trails

NEWS RELEASE SAULT STE. MARIE POLICE SERVICE ************************* Over the years the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service has enjoyed strong working relationships with local police agencies.

NEWS RELEASE

SAULT STE. MARIE
POLICE SERVICE

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Over the years the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service has enjoyed strong working relationships with local police agencies.  

In order to operate a police snow machine officers must be properly trained and have successfully passed a two day training course. 

Earlier this year, the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police invited our officers to attend a police snow machine operator course.

This training has now brought our complement of trained offices up to at least two on each of the four platoons, thereby allowing us more opportunities to enforce and educate the public on the rules of the trails.

On March 1, 2015 officers from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service teamed up with officers from the Ontario Provincial Police to ride the trails together; both in and out of the City. 

Officers checked approximately 200 snow machines for documentation and trail permits.

These checks resulted in 10 charges being issued under the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act. 

In addition officers also charged one male with one count of drive while disqualified under the Criminal Code of Canada.

This is not the first time our Service has partnered with other local police agencies. 

Routinely officers from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police team up for RIDE programs in the area.

In addition the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is part of a Joint Forces Drug Unit along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Anishinabek Police Service.

Together we can make our communities a safe place to live.

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