Please note all information below occurred within the time period above, unless otherwise noted.
Saskatchewan RCMP – Your Provincial Police Service
We did not issue a weekly report last week, as we were focussed on keeping the public informed on the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon investigation, as well as firearms-related incidents in Spiritwood and Maidstone RCMP's detachment areas.
Today's report contains our calls for service statistics and investigational summaries for the weeks of August 29 to September 4 and September 5 to 11.
Investigative Recap
- August 30: Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit investigating suspicious death, serious assault
- August 31: Carrot River RCMP investigating fatal rollover
- September 1: Meadow Lake RCMP Police Dog Services (PDS) and North Battleford RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS) executed a search warrant at a residence on Waterhen Lake First Nation in relation to an assault incident reported on August 31, 2022. Officers seized 2.4 kilograms of cocaine, illicit oxycodone, three rifles, a large quantity of ammunition, and stolen property.
"This is a large quantity of illicit drugs that is now off the streets," said Staff Sergeant Ryan How of Meadow Lake RCMP. "The RCMP remains committed to keeping the residents of Saskatchewan safe with a focus on removing drugs and weapons from our communities."
Meadow Lake RCMP continue to search for 32-year-old Dylan Lasas of Waterhen Lake First Nation who has been charged with:
- 1 count, discharge firearm with intent, Section 244(b), Criminal Code; and
- 1 count, assault with a weapon, Section 267(a), Criminal Code.
Dylan Lasas is described as approximately 5'10" and 220 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes.
Dylan Lasas should be considered armed and dangerous. If you see him, do not approach him. If you have information on his whereabouts, contact your local RCMP detachment immediately by calling 310-RCMP. In emergency, call 9-1-1. Information can also be submitted anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
- September 2: Saskatchewan RCMP lays second charge against Benjamin Michael Moore
- September 4: At 2:22 a.m., Craik RCMP was advised of a single vehicle rollover, Highway # 11 just south of the south entrance to Davidson, SK. EMS was on scene and the 51-year-old driver was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. A Saskatchewan RCMP Collision Analyst completed the on-scene investigation. At this time, police do not believe drugs or alcohol being a factor in the collision. The cause of the collision is still being investigated by police.
- September 5: At approximately 1:45 p.m., Maple Creek RCMP responded to a single motorcycle collision just east of Maple Creek. The investigation has determined that the driver, a 55-year-old male from Windsor, Ontario, lost control before entering the south ditch. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by EMS.
- September 5: At approximately 2:57 p.m., the Saskatchewan RCMP received multiple 911 calls advising that multiple vehicles had been involved in a collision approximately 5 kilometers west of Morse on Highway #1. Road conditions at the time were near white out due to high winds blowing salt residue from a dry lake bed blowing across the highway. Visibility was reduced to less than 15 meters. Morse RCMP, with assistance from Swift Current RCMP officers, responded to the scene. Traffic control was initiated at Herbert to divert traffic away from the site and at Reed Lake Terminal to allow vehicles congested in the eastbound lane to turn around. EMS and Fire attended the scene and several persons were transported to hospital with injuries, none of which were determined to be life-threatening. There were no fatalities. The subsequent investigation determined that 16 vehicles were involved in total.
- September 6: Maidstone RCMP: three charged after incidents that resulted in emergency alert
- September 7: Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer's statement on arrest of Myles Sanderson, update to James Smith Cree Nation/Weldon investigation
- September 7: Saskatchewan Coroner's Service and Saskatchewan RCMP release names of the deceased victims
- September 9: Maidstone RCMP are asking the public for information leading to the recovery of two seadoos stolen from Marshall, SK on August 10. The seadoos were on a 2015 trailer with Alberta licence plate 5AA358 and stolen with the trailer. The seadoos are described as: Red 2015 SPK 3UP 90 (photo) and Yellow 2014 Pro 2 (photo). Police have no leads at this time. Anyone with information about the stolen seadoos and/trailer is asked to contact Maidstone RCMP at 306-893-4800.
- September 9: Saskatchewan RCMP investigators have located the vehicle Myles Sanderson was believed to have used to travel
- September 9: Battlefords RCMP respond to firearms discharge
- September 9: Beauval RCMP seeking public assistance locating wanted male
- September 10: Cumberland House RCMP located and arrested 29-year-old Lawrence McGillivary of Cumberland House Cree Nation. He was wanted on charges including arson, assault causing bodily harm – choking, strangling or suffocating, and uttering threats related to a July 25 incident on Cumberland House Cree Nation. He will appear in court in Cumberland House on September 12, 2022.
Incidents in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction August 29 to September 4, 2022
Please note: the statistics below are representative of reports received within the Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction. They are from the RCMP records management system and are accurate as the day they are collected. Crime statistics are regularly updated due to changes in reporting procedures, changes in ongoing investigations, etc. As a result, the statistics below may differ from previous or future published reports.
| Calls for service total | 8513 |
| Highest volume of calls for service was on September 4, 2022 | 1739 |
| Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) | 85 |
| Homicide | 11 |
| Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) | 26 |
| Sexual assaults | 23 |
| Sexual crime - other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) | 10 |
Assaults
| Aggravated Assault | 1 |
| Assault | 226 |
| Assault with weapon or cauing bodily harm | 76 |
| Robbery | 9 |
| Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) | 11 |
| Kidnapping/forcible confinement | 3 |
| Harassment/uttering threats | 124 |
| Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) | 28 |
| Break and Enter Total | 124 |
| Number of break and enters to a business | 28 |
| Number of break and enters to a residence | 64 |
| Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) | 32 |
| Theft Total | 318 |
| Other theft over $5,000 | 43 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 214 |
| Number of theft of motor vehicle | 61 |
| Mischief | 673 |
| Number of mischief - damage to property | 146 |
| Number of mischief - obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) | 526 |
| Bail violations | 151 |
| Breach of probation | 25 |
| Failure to appear/comply | 19 |
| Disturbing the peace | 264 |
Reports of intimate partner and family violence
- Time period reported is quarterly.
- Data represents number of victims, as there may be more than one victim on a specific investigative file. An individual victimized more than once in a timeframe would be counted more than once. Due to common relationship types in intimate and family violence categories, totals should not be combined.
- Intimate partner refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), current and former dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship.
- Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
| April 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 371 |
| Family violence | 320 |
| May 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 375 |
| Family violence | 385 |
| June 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 362 |
| Family violence | 362 |
| Total intimate partner violence April-June, 2022 | 1060 |
| Total family violence April-June, 2022 | 1119 |
| Impaired-related offences | 100 |
| Number of roadside suspensions | 7 |
| Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle | 34 |
| Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) | 1440 |
| Fines issued | 1016 |
| Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) | 424 |
| Collisions | 159 |
| Dangerous driving | 14 |
| Fatal collisions (number of incidents, not victims) | 1 |
Non-offence Codes (generally, instances where Criminal Codes or Provincial/Federal Statutes aren't broken – for example abandoned vehicles, animal calls, school visits, property or wellbeing checks, etc.)
| Assistance | 388 |
| False alarms | 240 |
| Breach of peace | 122 |
| 911 Act – other activities | 184 |
| Suspicious person/vehicle/property | 380 |
| Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): | 188 |
| Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner's Act (Every non-suspicious sudden death police officers respond to including reports of persons who died by suicide, natural, accident or undetermined. Specific breakdowns by cause of death are unavailable.) | 24 |
| Calls for service total | 8513 |
| Highest volume of calls for service was on September 4, 2022 | 1739 |
| Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) | 85 |
| Homicide | 11 |
| Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) | 26 |
| Sexual assaults | 23 |
| Sexual crime - other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) | 10 |
Assaults
| Aggravated Assault | 1 |
| Assault | 226 |
| Assault with weapon or cauing bodily harm | 76 |
| Robbery | 9 |
| Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) | 11 |
| Kidnapping/forcible confinement | 3 |
| Harassment/uttering threats | 124 |
| Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) | 28 |
| Break and Enter Total | 124 |
| Number of break and enters to a business | 28 |
| Number of break and enters to a residence | 64 |
| Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) | 32 |
| Theft Total | 318 |
| Other theft over $5,000 | 43 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 214 |
| Number of theft of motor vehicle | 61 |
| Mischief | 673 |
| Number of mischief - damage to property | 146 |
| Number of mischief - obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) | 526 |
| Bail violations | 151 |
| Breach of probation | 25 |
| Failure to appear | 19 |
| Disturbing the peace | 264 |
Reports of intimate partner and family violence
- Time period reported is quarterly.
- Data represents number of victims, as there may be more than one victim on a specific investigative file. An individual victimized more than once in a timeframe would be counted more than once. Due to common relationship types in intimate and family violence categories, totals should not be combined.
- Intimate partner refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), current and former dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship.
- Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
| April 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 371 |
| Family violence | 320 |
| May 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 375 |
| Family violence | 385 |
| June 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 362 |
| Family violence | 362 |
| Total intimate partner violence April-June, 2022 | 1060 |
| Total family violence April-June, 2022 | 1119 |
| Impaired-related offences | 100 |
| Number of roadside suspensions | 7 |
| Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle | 34 |
| Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) | 1440 |
| Fines issued | 1016 |
| Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) | 424 |
| Collisions | 159 |
| Dangerous driving | 14 |
| Fatal collisions (number of incidents, not victims) | 1 |
Non-offence Codes (generally, instances where Criminal Codes or Provincial/Federal Statutes aren't broken – for example abandoned vehicles, animal calls, school visits, property or wellbeing checks, etc.)
| Assistance | 388 |
| False alarms | 240 |
| Breach of peace | 122 |
| 911 Act – other activities | 184 |
| Suspicious person/vehicle/property | 380 |
| Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): | 188 |
| Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner's Act (Every non-suspicious sudden death police officers respond to including reports of persons who died by suicide, natural, accident or undetermined. Specific breakdowns by cause of death are unavailable.) --- Incidents in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction August 5 to September 11, 2022 Please note: the statistics below are representative of reports received within the Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction. They are from the RCMP records management system and are accurate as the day they are collected. Crime statistics are regularly updated due to changes in reporting procedures, changes in ongoing investigations, etc. As a result, the statistics below may differ from previous or future published reports. | 24 |
| Calls for service total | 8264 |
| Highest volume of calls for service was on September 5, 2022 | 1562 |
| Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) | 277 |
| Homicide | 0 |
| Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) | 26 |
| Sexual assaults | 16 |
| Sexual crime - other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) | 2 |
Assaults
| Aggravated Assault | 5 |
| Assault | 162 |
| Assault with weapon or cauing bodily harm | 35 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) | 9 |
| Kidnapping/forcible confinement | 2 |
| Harassment/uttering threats | 119 |
| Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) | 20 |
| Break and Enter Total | 153 |
| Number of break and enters to a business | 24 |
| Number of break and enters to a residence | 100 |
| Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) | 29 |
| Theft Total | 285 |
| Other theft over $5,000 | 32 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 194 |
| Number of theft of motor vehicle | 59 |
| Mischief | 523 |
| Number of mischief - damage to property | 131 |
| Number of mischief - obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) | 392 |
| Bail violations | 126 |
| Breach of probation | 20 |
| Failure to appear/comply | 14 |
| Disturbing the peace | 193 |
Reports of intimate partner and family violence
- Time period reported is quarterly.
- Data represents number of victims, as there may be more than one victim on a specific investigative file. An individual victimized more than once in a timeframe would be counted more than once. Due to common relationship types in intimate and family violence categories, totals should not be combined.
- Intimate partner refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), current and former dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship.
- Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
| April 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 371 |
| Family violence | 320 |
| May 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 375 |
| Family violence | 385 |
| June 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 362 |
| Family violence | 362 |
| Total intimate partner violence April-June, 2022 | 1060 |
| Total family violence April-June, 2022 | 1119 |
| Impaired-related offences | 90 |
| Number of roadside suspensions | 10 |
| Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle | 30 |
| Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) | 1420 |
| Fines issued | 994 |
| Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) | 426 |
| Collisions | 167 |
| Dangerous driving | 11 |
| Fatal collisions (number of incidents, not victims) | 1 |
Non-offence Codes (generally, instances where Criminal Codes or Provincial/Federal Statutes aren't broken – for example abandoned vehicles, animal calls, school visits, property or wellbeing checks, etc.)
| Assistance | 317 |
| False alarms | 218 |
| Breach of peace | 86 |
| 911 Act – other activities | 183 |
| Suspicious person/vehicle/property | 622 |
| Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): | 189 |
| Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner's Act (Every non-suspicious sudden death police officers respond to including reports of persons who died by suicide, natural, accident or undetermined. Specific breakdowns by cause of death are unavailable.) | 21 |