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COVID-19-related calls creep in for Creighton RCMP

Creighton RCMP had a busy month in April, responding to a slew of assaults, mischief offences and some possible COVID-19-related matters. Within Creighton, police responded to 39 calls in April.
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Creighton RCMP had a busy month in April, responding to a slew of assaults, mischief offences and some possible COVID-19-related matters.

Within Creighton, police responded to 39 calls in April. Three calls for assaults came in to police, with one instance of domestic violence ending with charges laid. The other two calls involved thirdhand reports that, upon investigation, proved to not be as told to police.

Five mischief calls were reported, including someone breaking a lock off a storage trailer near the Creighton Town Office.

“That one there, we have charges on the fellow who was there. We have excellent video there, so it makes our job pretty simple,” said Creighton RCMP Sgt. Sean McPhee in a delegation to Creighton town council May 13.

Two instances of uttering threats, both over Facebook, were called in to the detachment.

Police also received a call of a potential missing person. The person was travelling and was not missing - they just didn’t have cell service and could not make a check-in call.

Officers also responded to matters relating to the Quarantine Act and 911 Act, along with mental health, suspicious persons complaints, abandoned vehicles and fire prevention calls.

“We’ve been encouraging people to call in suspicious people. If they think it looks weird, they’ll know what’s not normal in their area. Call us, we’ll check it out,” said McPhee.

McPhee said a large number of Creighton-based calls involved just one person.

“Unfortunately this month, we've had the same guy being a suspicious person so we've been chasing him around,” he said.

McPhee said an additional responsibility for police has been to check in on people who have come home to the area after international or domestic travel.

“The border services are giving us names and people to check in on when they cross the border from international flights or travel and we’re required to go and check up on them to ensure they are quarantining as per the health order,” he said.

“We have no one left in the Creighton detachment area that is still on a quarantine order - the last of our persons finished yesterday.”

McPhee added that call numbers are starting to increase. The number of calls to police typically increases in warmer months as people begin partying and spending more time out in the community.

“It’s weather, it’s all kinds of different factors. There’s a lot of extra money in town right now with the federal government top-ups with funding. I suspect we’ll be seeing some different stuff, some more liquid issues over the next few months,” he said.

 

Denare Beach

Most of the calls received by police came from the Denare Beach area - 50 in total between the municipality of Denare Beach and the Amiskosakahikan reserve.

Seven calls relating to possible assaults were reported, with several turning out to not be how they originally seemed. One assault was directly witnessed by police, involving a woman kicking a common-law partner. The offence, considered an act of domestic violence, ended with an arrest and charges.

Other assault calls included two other alleged acts of domestic violence ending in charges, a fight between cousins that did not end with arrests and another fight with no charges, this time between a father and son.
Two calls were deemed to be not as first reported, with one call involving a female who said her father had hit her with a board ended with police concluding they had been kicking a door and sustained an injury through that. Another was a fight reported by a person who was an ex of one alleged combatant. When police arrived, no fight was found.

A theft was reported involving a snow machine taken from a home in Denare Beach. The sled was later recovered in Flin Flon.

Several mischief calls were reported, with most of the calls involving intoxicated people in spaces where they were unwanted.

A mandatory COVID-19 checkup was done, with “people were going over and above what was required of them,” according to the detachment’s monthly reports. Another COVID-19 matter was reported of too many people at a residence.

Two additional calls came in to the detachment from Sturgeon Landing. One was a mischief call after a person reported that their daughter was breaking things in their home. The offender was not located and the caller did not want to press charges. The other call involved a person who apparently had moved the roadblock heading into the community and drove in, but officers determined that it had not actually happened.

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