Whether people are treated fairly by police — including appropriate use of force — comes down to perceptions. That’s according to Chief Supt. Jamie Zettler, the commanding officer of the RCMP in the NWT. Zettler basically reduced the issue of systemic racism to cases of he said, she said. “No…
A communication outage last Friday which affected calls to police detachments, including 911, has been repaired. The outage was alleged to be caused by fibre optic line cut, south of Enterprise, an RCMP press release said. Andrew Anderson, spokesperson for Northwestel said the situation was resolved on Saturday, June 13….
An “aggressive” dog is injured after an RCMP officer shot it Wednesday morning. At approximately 10:45 a.m., RCMP Police Dog Services conducted a training session in the area of 49 Ave. and 44 St. in downtown Yellowknife, a press release said. During the session, police say Police Service Dog Hoss…
Edmonton police arrested 44-year-old Steven Theriault Tuesday evening. Behchokǫ̀ RCMP suspect Theriault was the driver in a car crash that left a young mother dead and two other people injured. Officers took about 20 minutes to arrive at the scene following a call about the crash. In that time, they…
Hay River RCMP says two people are in critical condition after crashing a car into a power pole early Sunday morning. Police say they received a call shortly before 5 a.m. “The vehicle left the road and hit a power pole, and sustained extensive damage,” reads a news release. Both…
An RCMP officer stationed in Fort Good Hope is no longer in the community after details of a sexual assault case emerged. Const. Randy McKay pled guilty to sexual assault in 2015 while he was stationed with the RCMP in Buffalo Narrows, Sask. He was stationed in Fort Good Hope…
Behchokǫ̀ RCMP will not say how it believes Steven Theriault left the scene of a rollover crash last month. Since the crash, police have put out two public calls to help find the 44-year-old they suspect was driving the vehicle. A young mother in her early 20’s died in the…
Updated Thursday, May 28 9:45 a.m. Yellowknife RCMP say Tony Tobac, 29, has been found safe and sound. Police asked for the public’s help in finding her on Wednesday afternoon.
A month after a deadly car crash outside of Behchokǫ̀, local RCMP still haven’t found the man suspected to be the driver. Police believe Steven Theriault, 44, was driving a vehicle that was found upside down, about 150 feet off Highway 3. A young woman from Behchokǫ̀ in her early…
An 18-year-old prisoner is in custody after escaping police for over two hours late Wednesday night. Maiya Klengenberg, from Yellowknife, is facing charges of escape lawful custody, a news release said. The incident began when Klengenberg was taken from the Yellowknife detachment to the Stanton Territorial Hospital for medical treatment….