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(COUNTY OF BRANT, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), County of Brant Detachment, OPP In-Service Training (IST) Team, County of Brant Fire Services and County of Brant Paramedics, along with Paris District High School staff and students are conducting a training scenario.

On Friday, May 2, 2014, high school staff, students, police, fire and paramedics will meet at Paris District High School for a mock emergency scenario where officials dealt with threats to school safety.

Since 2011, to safeguard students and school staff, OPP Detachments and Ontario Ministry of Education (EDU)-funded school boards are required to have safety protocols in place in the event of emergency situations. The protocols include agreed upon terminology and stages to assess and respond the risk to school occupants and the community.

This training scenario allows staff and students the ability to practice their safety protocols, which are in place in the event of emergency situations. The scenario also assisted with how emergency services respond to a threat of school safety and how those services are engaged to ensure a calm and precise response.

“We must always be prepared for the fact that despite our best efforts, incidents involving threats to school safety could happen anywhere any time and no community is immune. Regular Lockdown drills are mandatory (a minimum of two per year) at Ontario schools,” comments Staff Sergeant Bev Prevett, Operations Manager, County of Brant OPP Detachment.

(CHRISTIAN ISLAND, ON)- Members of the Anishinabek Police Service were alerted to the discovery of what would appear to be human remains late in the afternoon of April 30, 2014 in the area of Big Sand Bay on Christian Island.

A request was made to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to assist in this investigation which resulted in members being dispatched from the OPP Southern Georgian Bay Detachment along with members of the following OPP Central Region Units- Crime Unit, Forensic Identification Services Unit (FISU), K-9 Unit and Emergency Response Unit (ERT).

A search of the area resulted in remains and other scene exhibits being removed for further examination at the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto so as to determine their origin, identity and possible cause of death.

The investigation is continuing and updates will be provided as they become available.

(ADJALA-TOSORONTIO)- On May 1, 2014 at 9:30 a.m., an Officer from the Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was flagged down by a homeowner on County Road 1, east of Concession 2, stating they had just arrived home to discover a break and enter in progress to their shop. A vehicle fled the scene after striking the homeowners’ vehicle, this vehicle was identified and Nottawasaga OPP sent out information to neighbouring Detachments to be on the lookout for a Grey Ford van.

Minutes later on the County Road 50, a Caledon OPP Officer noticed the suspect vehicle speeding and initiated a vehicle stop. Nottawasaga OPP continued with the investigation.

Charged is 18 year old Toronto resident Richard REZMUVES, he is charged criminally with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000, Break and Enter, Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Driving while under Suspension (Highway Traffic Act). The second male charged is 29 year old Toronto resident, Richard FAZEKAS, he is charged with Break and Enter as well as, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Both males have been held for a bail hearing May 2, 2014.

(SUDBURY, ON) – Members of the Sudbury Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Criminal Investigation Unit have laid charges in a historical sexual assault investigation.

The offences are alleged to have occurred in August 1973 while the victim attended Camp Petraqua in Estaire, Ontario.

The accused, Gordon Everett HALL, age 69 of Estaire, Ontario was arrested and charged with Gross Indecency and Indecent Assault.

He will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on June 25, 2014.

(RENFREW, ON) – On May 1, 2014 at approximately 1:12pm, an officer of the Killaloe detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 41, south of Renfrew. The officer stopped a vehicle for speeding. Upon the officers approach, the vehicle left the scene.

The officer followed the fleeing suspect vehicle for a short period, attempting to stop the vehicle again. When the vehicle would not stop, the officer ceased his attempts.

A short time later, the suspect vehicle was located on Stone Road, Township of Admaston Bromley, involved in a collision. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was deceased.

The OPP has notified the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) which has invoked its mandate. As a result the OPP will not be able to provide any further information. Any other inquiries should be directed to SIU Communications at (416) 622-2342.