Police statement on last night's Tancred St crash

CITY POLICE

NEWS RELEASES

************************* Male charged with dangerous operation of motor vehicle after accident

Nineteen-year-old Joonas Kamula of 159 Wellington Street East was arrested last night at 5:25 p.m. on Tancred Street and charged with one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

It is alleged that the accused was operating a blue Volkswagen westbound on Second Line East when his vehicle struck a Dodge vehicle from behind that was also travelling westbound.

The accused did not stop at the scene of the accident and sped off at a high rate of speed.

Police were called and the vehicle description and direction were given.

They located the suspect vehicle on Tancred Street and arrested the driver.

No injuries were reported in the collision.

The accused is to appear in court on the 26th of January.

For earlier SooToday.com coverage of this story, please click here.

************************** New 'Kids Safety Zone' link on Sault Ste. Marie Police Service's current website

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - (December 19) - The Sault Ste Marie Police Service is always dedicated to keeping kids safe.

Community services officers and the high-school liaison officers attend on a regular basis to all our local elementary and secondary schools and provide education and information to students on a number of safety programs.

They also conduct presentations to students, community groups, local businesses and other members of the public on topics such as bullying, cyber bullying, drugs, alcohol, Internet safety, racism, vandalism, theft, etc.

The community services branch has been very busy working on a new initiative to enhance the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service’s current website to be able to reach kids, parents and teachers more easily via the Internet.

With so many kids on the computer these days, we felt this would be a great way to reach kids and provide education on the important issues that they face on a daily basis.

Officers from the community services branch embarked on this project in early June of this year and brainstormed as to what would be included in the new link.

A very talented graphic web designer was hired through the summer student program to assist the officers in designing and creating the link and adding it onto the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service’s current website.

The new link is called the 'Kids Safety Zone'.

The link is available in an English and French version.

This link will address the important issues that kids face on a daily basis and that may affect our entire community.

Our goal is to help kids stay safe and to develop a positive attitude towards safety.

Kids and members of the public including parents, teachers and coaches can obtain information on the challenging issues kids may be up against and some of the resources and services that are available to assist them.

Kids will enjoy an educational, interactive and fun link just for them on a variety of subjects.

Kids can even e-mail the officers in the community services branch directly to answer questions or to assist them with problems that they, or someone they know are having regarding these issues.

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is hoping that this pro-active approach to providing this information and education through the Internet will assist children greatly and make our community a much safer place to live.

To see or use this site please go to SSMPS.org and click on the attachment Kids Safety Zone.

**************************