DETACHMENT COMMANDER

INSPECTOR SCOTT JANSSENS

LAMBTON GROUP POLICE SERVICES BOARD

2015 Year End Report

LAMBTON COUNTY OPP DETACHMENT 2015

Message from the Detachment Commander

During this second year of our 2014 – 2016 Strategic Plan, we continue to focus on

the delivery of policing services across Lambton County, particularly around the

cost of those services. Our 9 municipalities in the Lambton Group Contract and the

Village of Point Edward want value and accountability for their money. We will

continue to ensure, through analysis, that we have the right people in the right

places at the right times, to make a difference. It is imperative that we maximize

the use of technology to enhance our capacity in relation to crime analysis and

tactical priority setting.

Our Vision remains the same, “Safe Communities…..A Secure Ontario.” We contin-

ue to be committed to public safety, by delivering proactive and innovative polic-

ing, in partnership with the communities of Lambton County.

Our strategic plan focuses on five key priorities;

LEADERSHIP – Building trust and confidence through our actions and words

TECHNOLOGY - Cultivating and sustaining a supportive work culture

HEALTHY WORKFORCE – Integrating service delivery opportunities to enhance productivity

ANALYTICS – Maximizing data in the deployment of our resources

REINVESTMENT – Increasing capacity in growing service areas

Police are often the first point of contact between persons with mental health issues and the criminal justice

system. While much focus of police services with respect to mental illness in the community has been on crisis

response, mental health crises are only one of the many types of situations in which the police find themselves

when interacting with people with mental illnesses. During the past year, the Lambton OPP have commenced

work on creating a local Sarnia Lambton Situation Table to bring police together with local health and well-

ness agencies to assist those in our communities identified as at risk.

Many new challenges will confront us in the coming year which I am confident we will continue to meet. As I

have said before, change is good as it keeps us moving forward and looking for new opportunities. Partner-

ships, information sharing and collaboration are pivotal to our community safety and well-being.

On behalf of all members of the Lambton County OPP Detachment, I want to thank our many strategic part-

ners in the communities that we proudly serve, by working together to continually find viable solutions as there

is no one solution.

B. Scott Janssens

Inspector # 6516

Detachment Commander

LAMBTON COUNTY OPP

DETACHMENT AREA

CALLS FOR SERVICE BILLING WORKGROUPS

Drugs Includes trafficking, production, and importation of drugs including

marihuana, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth or other controlled substances.

It also includes occurrences related to indoor/outdoor grow labs.

Drug Possession Includes all occurrences where the most serious violation

is possession of marihuana, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth or other con-

trolled substance. It also includes other minor drug related offences.

Operational Operational calls for service are non-criminal events that

police attend to. These include animal complaints, non- criminal domes-

tic disturbances, missing persons, noise complaints, property – lost or

found, sudden deaths, and assist public calls.

Operational 2 Includes false alarms, keep the peace and 911 calls/911

hang-ups. Due to the higher frequency of these calls, they have been

separated out from the ‘Operational’ category and allocated a lower

time standard. Traffic incidents are excluded.

Other Criminal Code Violations The majority of offences counted in the

Other Criminal Code Offences group are criminal offences that are not

directed to people or related to property. It is similar to the group that

Statistics Canada uses when reporting ‘Other Criminal Code’. These in-

clude prostitution, offensive weapons, bail violations, counterfeiting, dis-

turb the peace, indecent acts, breach of probation, and bribery.

Property Crime Violations This category is similar to the group that Statis-

tics Canada uses when reporting ‘Property Crimes’. These include arson,

break and enter, theft, possession of stolen goods, mischief, identity

theft, and some frauds.

Statutes & Acts Includes provincial statutes, primarily the Mental Health

Act, Landlord Tenant Act and Trespass to property offences. It also in-

cludes custody dispute calls.

Traffic Includes motor vehicle collisions of all severities (property dam-

age, personal injury and fatalities) and road rage incidents reported to

police.

Violent Crimes The majority of offences counted in the Violent Crimes

group are crimes against persons. This category is similar to the group

that Statistics Canada uses when reporting ‘Violent Crimes’. These in-

clude homicides, attempted murders, assaults, threats and robberies.

NEW After extensive community

engagement, study and

planning, and clear direc-

tion from the Auditor Gen-

eral, a new OPP municipal

policing billing model took

effect on January 1, 2015

Under the new model, all

municipalities will be pay-

ing the same Base Ser-

vices cost per property

plus an additional cost for

Calls for Service (CFS).

Cost recovery from indi-

vidual municipalities

above a Base Services

charge will largely be de-

termined by municipality’s

level of Calls for Service

and overtime plus other

costs such as cleaning,

accommodation, court

security etc. The new bill-

ing process will not

change the total cost re-

covery for OPP police

services provided to

municipalities; it only

shifts the allocation.

LAMBTON RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

LAMBTON RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

LAMBTON COLLISION REPORTING SYSTEM

LAMBTON COLLISION REPORTING SYSTEM

LAMBTON ICON (Integrated Court Offence Network)

LAMBTON ICON (Integrated Court Offence Network)

LAMBTON CaOC (Public Complaints and Optional Categories)

LAMBTON PSB Incident Reports (Professional Standards)

LAMBTON PSB Incident Reports (Professional Standards)

LAMBTON PSB Incident Reports (Professional Standards)

LAMBTON REVENUE

LAMBTON TRAFFIC & MARINE

The Traffic and Marine Unit consists of 1 Sergeant and 8 con-

stables. This includes traffic officers, Construction Recon-

structionist, Technical Traffic Collision Investigator; Launch II

trained marine officers and ERT members.

2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

TARGETED MEDIA RELEASES:

All serious or high profile traffic related incidents such as closures or collisions

All Provincial Campaigns

Reduction in winter road collisions awareness radio spots, OPP and Lambton Safe Roads

Committee

Festive RIDE initiative

Cognitive awareness for senior drivers

Farm Safety

Car vs Deer collisions

Educational community events

TRAFFIC/ MARINE CAMPAIGNS / INITIATIVES: (Provincial)

Distracted Driving Campaign 14-20 March 2015

Easter Long Weekend 3-6 April 2015

Canada Road Safety Week 12-18 May 2015

Victoria Day Long Weekend 15-18 May 2015

Safe Boating Week 16-22 May 2015

Operation Corridor 16-17 May 2015

Canada Day Long Weekend 26 June – 1 July 2015

Civic Day long Weekend 31 July – 3 August 2015

Labour Day Long Weekend 4-7 September 2015

Fall Seatbelt Campaign 23 September – 9 October 2015

Operation Impact 9-12 October 2015

Festive RIDE 23 November 2015 – 2 January 2016

LAMBTON TRAFFIC

LOCAL TRAFFIC INITIATIVES AND EVENTS:

Targeting Impaired Driving

RIDE checks all year

Targeting known areas or complaints

Festive, (23 Nov – 02Jan) and Funded RIDE –Partner with MADD

Sarnia Lambton

Red Ribbon Campaign - Crosses representing impaired driving deaths positioned in a promi-

nent location

Funded RIDE checks are conducted along with the Festive RIDE from a Provincial Grant

through the Lambton Police Services Board. MADD partners with the education to prevent

impaired driving and support of victims.

Radio call in program with Blackburn Radio, Thursday 21 May 2015

“Need for speed” interactive program completed on Friday the 20th May 2015, LCCVI

Winter Driving and Winter Tire Use

Partner with Lambton Safe Roads , MTO and

Blackburn Radio

Radio spots for Education and Tips for winter

driving

Printed handouts

Emergency blanket handout with attached

driving messaging

Proactive highway patrol prior to inclement

weather to slow drivers

Speed Enforcement

Continual RADAR / LIDAR enforcement

Address and Focus patrol complaint areas

Intercepts on local highways – (Several officers assigned at one

location)

Speed trailer EZ stat / Speed Spy , RADAR / LIDAR investigative

tools

Highway Safety Division & Highway Enforcement Team

Highway Enforcement Team (HET) was working in Lambton Coun-

ty throughout 2015 with focus on HTA (Highway Traffic Act) and

Criminal Code investigations.

“Smashed” MADD program – Presentations and videos.

LAMBTON TRAFFIC & MARINE

LOCAL TRAFFIC INITIATIVES AND EVENTS cont’d

Distracted Driving

Fines for distracted drivers increased from the old range of $60

to $500 to between $300 to $1,000,

plus three demerit points – Lamb-

ton OPP focused efforts to edu-

cate motorists about the new penalties including the annual Pro-

vincial Campaign.

Start of School Traffic Initiative

During the first week of the 2015 / 2016 school year each school is assigned an officer to be

visible and monitor traffic including enforcement of school zone speed and school busses to

enhance student safety.

Farm Road Safety

Farm road safety remains a high priority in the Lambton

area. Several crashes and deaths have occurred in-

cluding 2015. Lambton Traffic Unit presented at 3 Farm

Road Safety Presentations in Wyoming and Oakdale

along with the Farm Safety Board.

Cycle Safety

Along with its partner, Lambton Safe Roads Committee Lambton participated in Cycle Safety

days. Handouts, demonstrations of proper helmet use, lighting, rules of the road and safety

checks of bikes were done.

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

Partner with MTO to conduct Commercial Motor Vehi-

cle Blitz resulting in several unsafe vehicles being taken

out of service.

LAMBTON TRAFFIC & MARINE

LOCAL TRAFFIC INITIATIVES AND EVENTS cont’d

ATV / Snowmobile patrol

Lambton’s ATV’s were put to use for regular patrol as well as a

response to complaint areas in each Township. Town of

Plympton – Wyoming and Lambton Shores were a particularly

busy for complaints in 2015. This remains a challenge and will

continue to be addressed.

Snowmobile patrol of trails was competed. Unfortunately we did have one fatality on a trail in

2015. Speed was a contributing factor in that crash.

Emergency Preparedness Day

May’s Emergency Preparedness Day saw all aspects of the O.P.P. and its first responder part-

ners educate school aged children and others about the resources available to handle emer-

gency situations including traffic and marine incidents.

Educational Handouts

Messaging through Provincial Offence envelope stuffing con-

tinues with both seasonal and proactive messaging such as

distracted driving and the move over law.

LAMBTON TRAFFIC

NOTABLE COLLISIONS:

Vehicle vs Animal Collisions – ongoing hazard

261 animal related collisions in 2015 resulting in 9 injuries.

Education is being provided through news articles, provincial

awareness campaigns and handouts.

Highway 402 was closed several times due to severe weather condi-

tions and collisions. Lambton O.P.P. is being proactive prior to storms

to slow drivers while local politicians are lobbying the Provincial gov-

ernment to increase safety road initiatives.

5 Fatal collision investigations in 2015.

1 Fatal Snowmobile collision.

On Thursday February 12th an 11 vehicle crash on Highway 402 west

bound, east of Nauvoo Road closed they highway for over 24 hours.

On Thursday September 10th, 3 tractor trailers collided causing High-

way 402 to be closed for several hours. The driver of the transport was

charged.

On Tuesday October 21st,

A highway 402 truck colli-

sion rollover closed the

highway for several hours.

Truck driver charged.

On Monday October 25th

there was a transport roll-

over on Highway 402 east of Oil Heritage Road. Driver charged.

On Tuesday the 22nd of September, a fatal collision occurred

when a tractor trailer westbound on Courtright Line and a

pickup truck, south-

bound on Mandau-

min Road were in-

volved in a collision

sending both vehicles

out of control. The

trailer that had become detached from the cab of the

truck was then hit by a motorcycle eastbound on

Courtright Line. An elderly male driver succumbed to his

injuries a day later in hospital. The 19 year old motorcycle driver suffered life altering injuries.

LAMBTON TRAFFIC

EZ STAT TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM:

EZ STAT is being used to address speed complaints.

This information enables police to direct its resources effectively.

SPEED TRAILER:

Is deployed as a visual reminder to drivers of their speed.

EMERGENCY PLANNING ACTIVITIES:

Winter road operational plan meeting took place in London

with the Ministry of Transportation outlining their intent to in-

crease winter maintenance along with the contractors.

Spring 2016 International large scale Emergency Exercise on

the St. Clair River is in the planning stage.

Response codes are being discussed to reduce the response

of first responders when it is not required in an effort to in-

crease road and scene safety.

TABLE-TOP EXERCISES:

15th of December for the Emergency Table Top in St. Clair Twp. Sponsored by Enbridge.

Several other industries conducted emergency table top exercises involving Lambton O.P.P.

response including traffic and marine units.

LAMBTON MARINE

MARINE 2015

PARTNER AGENCIES:

RCMP – when available, one Launch operator partnered for

Shiprider program

Point Edward Fire – search and rescue, special event assistance

Canadian Coast Guard – search and rescue, special event assistance

Lambton County Health Unit – Water Wise Educational Program

Lions Club

Bluewater Anglers

Canadian Tire

U.S. agencies including;

* United states Coast Guard

* St. Clair Sheriff

* U.S. Border Patrol

* Homeland Security

* U.S. industry for joint emergency exercises

LOCAL MARINE INITIATIVES AND EVENTS:

Purple Ribbon Campaign for impaired vessel operation.

Partner with RCMP for marine emergency preparedness in Grand Bend prior to the Civic Long

Weekend.

Shiprider Program with RCMP.

Marine unit members attending monthly Joint Operational Meeting with U.S. Coast Guard and

other American Enforcement Agencies to better manage the boarder issues.

Joint marine patrols with Walpole First Nations Police Service.

Joint marine patrols with enforcement officers of the Ministry of Natural Recourses.

Educational day in Point Edward for youth “Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire” 30th May.

Educational Day Canatara Park with Waterwise program.

Created signage for beaches and marinas.

LAMBTON MARINE

Lambton Marine Unit are involved in several planned events aside

from their regular marine duties. These events vary from education-

al to operational. During these events extra vessels and manpower

are deployed to ensure safety on the water. The planned events

so far are listed below however, the marine unit remained flexible

to respond to other events that arose throughout the summer.

There will be ongoing messaging throughout the season via local

and General Headquarter media spots.

10th of May – Sarnia Emergency Preparedness day

24 hours 2 members.

Vessel tours and educational presentation.

16–18th of May – Victoria Day weekend

Purple Ribbon Campaign launch, education on impaired operation of vessels.

Purple Ribbon Campaign continued for Operation Dry Water, Lions have been supporters of

the campaign for around 15 to 20 years.

18–24th of May – Safe Boating Week

140 officer and 56 student hours.

Increased visual, educational and enforcement presence on the water in conjunction with

Victoria Day long weekend.

Increased patrols of local marinas giving educational talks with boaters commencing the

boating season.

Topics of discussion will focused on the 5 key factors to safe boating week such as:

Importance of wearing lifejackets and PFD’s;

Importance of not mixing alcohol with boating and the consequences of doing such;

Importance of obtaining a taking a boating course and obtaining your PCOC;

Being prepared with the required safety equipment, sufficient fuel, and awareness of vessel’s

weather capabilities as well as checking the weather prior to departure;

And be aware of risk of cold water – hypothermia.

Marine unit and media officers to speak about boating safety on Blackburn Radio Sarnia.

Marine unit to provided educational presentations.

LAMBTON MARINE

30th of May – Bluewater Anglers Kids, Cops, and Canadian Tire Fish-

ing Days

1 vessel on trailer 10 officer and 8 student hours

Vessel tours and educational presentation on boating safety

Point Edward

13th of June – Kids Funfest

4 officer hours

Sarnia, water safety and display

23 – 25th of June – Huron Air Show

24 hours 2 members

Assist Huron Marine Unit off Goderich with traffic control for the air show

Stay over in Huron as it was over a couple of days

Continued coverage in Lambton

26th of June – Jobbie Nooner, (Gull Island, Lake St. Clair, Michigan, U.S.)

2 vessels 20 officer and 10 student hours

Occurs annually near Canadian/U.S. boarder on the U.S. side.

After years of Canadian police presence, boaters are now primarily staying in U.S. waters.

Assistance provided to U.S. authorities if boaters flee into Canadian waters.

Maintain enforcement and visual presence acting as a deterrent from U.S. vessels entering

Canadian waters and illegally landing on Seaway Island.

1st of July – Canada Day Fireworks

2 vessels 30 officer hours

and 16 student hours be-

tween Sarnia and Grand

Bend

Provide marine security

zone for fireworks occurring

in Sarnia and Grand Bend.

Liaise with Canadian Coast

Guard and RCMP to pro-

vide security zone.

LAMBTON MARINE

8th of July – Ipperwash Information Night

4 officer hours.

Community information night marine presentation.

11 –13th of July – Pottahawk

72 hours, 2 members.

Assist in Norfolk Marine Unit with vessel control at

Pottahawk event

18th of July – Mackinaw Sail Boat Race

3 vessels, 60 officer and 40 student hours

U.S. planned event with OPP marine unit assisting.

Sailboats leaving the Black river in Port Huron and traversing north in the St. Clair River and

then continuing into Lake Huron.

Work with United States Coast Guard in controlling recreational boaters activities in the St.

Clair River and lower end of Lake Huron (Safety Zone) while Sail boats stage for the race.

26th of July – St. Clair River Bluewater Offshore Powerboat Race

3 vessels, 60 officer and 40 student hours.

U.S. planned event with OPP marine unit assisting.

Assist in creating an off limits security zone in the St. Clair river on the Canadian side. Security

zone to be off limits to recreational boaters during the race event.

Attend precreation meetings.

30th of July – Operation Dry Water Civic Long Weekend

2 vessels, 20 officer and 10 student hours

On Thursday July 30th, 2015, the Lambton County

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marine Unit in part-

nership with the Sarnia Royal Canadian Mounted

Police (RCMP) Marine Unit held a Marine Safety and

Education Day in Grand Bend, ON.

Educational displays at the Grand Bend Beach to

start off the Civic Long Weekend and the OPP,

“Operation Dry Water”.

There was a great turnout with all ages providing safety literature for boating and general wa-

ter safety.

The kids we provided back packs, Fun Books and tours of both OPP and RCMP police vessels.

Community members were engaged and had many questions which the OPP and RCMP

were able to assist, with an emphasis on water safety and alcohol during this weekend and

the remainder of the summer.

LAMBTON MARINE

26th of July – St. Clair Off Shore Powerboat Race

St. Clair River, St. Clair Township.

8– 9th August – Sarnia/Port Huron International Powerboat Race

3 vessels, 60 officer and 40 student hours.

Provide security zone in the St. Clair River shutting down recrea-

tional boat traffic during the race event.

Maintain safety of boaters in the area by providing assistance and/or enforcement action if

required.

16th of August – Port Huron Float Down

2 vessels, 30 officer and 20 student hours.

A non-sanctioned event involving approx. 4000 persons on inner tubes and floats being car-

ried down the St. Clair River from north of the Bluewater bridge, Port Huron down to the

Marysville. People float approx. 7 miles in all.

United States authorities have requested OPP assistance in ensuring the safety of the public

involved in this event. Marine unit to maintain a security zone around the floaters by slowing

down boating traffic.

The event is supposed to be kept to the U.S. side of the St. Clair River however; wind and cur-

rent can disperse them onto the Canadian side.

OPP marine unit will utilize extra vessels and manpower in assisting the US authorities in keep-

ing US floaters from harm’s way. Canada Customs officials are to be notified if US citizens land

on the Canadian Side.

Attend operational meetings with Canadian and U.S. authorities.

LAMBTON MARINE

7th of September – Labour Day

One of the busiest weekends of the year in Grand Bend.

Scheduled vessels both north and south each day for maxi-

mum coverage.

7th of November – Implosion of Edison Plant

Implosion of Edison Plant on the St. Clair River, Monday the 7th of November.

Last scheduled marine duty for the 2015 season.

All vessels are now in winter storage.

The Harbercraft is available for emergencies.

LAMBTON CRIME UNIT

The Lambton Criminal Investigations Unit consists of nine Detective

Constables under the immediate supervision of a Detective Ser-

geant who is a deployed Regional Headquarters member. This

Unit is responsible for the investigation of benchmark or major

crime occurrences as well as provides various support to the front

line uniform members. Notable incident from 2015 include:

Two members from Lambton Crime were assigned to the high profile PAQUETTE Investigation.

Two parties were charged with First Degree Murder. In December 2015 both parties plead

guilty. Facts of the case will be provided to the family and media in February 2016. Sentenc-

ing to take place in February also.

Walpole Island First Nations Police and Lambton Crime completed a Second Degree Murder

jury trial. The trial lasted a month with the jury finding the accused guilty of Second Degree

Murder. The accused was sentenced to life in prison with the eligibility of parole after 15

years.

Investigated a fatal MVC that occurred on Highway 402 where a two year old child was fatal-

ly injured and the father charged. The father has entered a guilty plea.

Investigated two very serious domestic violence incidents. Both investigations were lengthy

involving several community partners. Both accused have been identified as high risk which

involves mobilization of the proper community resources to monitor each victim and their

families. Lambton Crime is currently in the court process of identifying one of the accused as

a dangerous offender.

Assist Anishinabek FN Police Service with an Attempt Murder investigation. The charge of At-

tempt Murder has been laid and the investigation is continuing at this time.

Involved in a very exhaustive voyeurism investigation with numerous charges being laid and

several electronic warrants being issued. The charges are before the court.

Involved in an assault Police investigation initiated on Walpole Island FN. The accused in this

matter has plead guilty to several charges in December 2015 and awaiting sentencing in the

new year.

Investigated several incidents from Ipperwash Beach. No charges were laid and the Crime

Unit continues to monitor the situation.

Involved with Canadian Border Security Agency and Walpole Island FN Police in a gun traf-

ficking investigation that initiated at Walpole Island FN Customs. Numerous gun charges were

laid and as a result in December 2015 the accused plead guilty to gun trafficking and was

sentenced to 5.5 years in prison.

The Unit continues to provide support to the CAUGHLIN Death investigation.

LAMBTON STREET CRIME UNIT

The Lambton Street Crime Unit (SCU) is comprised of five (5) Detective Constables and one (1)

Detective Sergeant. The SCU is responsible for investigating property related offences such as

break and enters thefts and mischiefs as well as drug related offences. These drug related of-

fences have expanded to include “mid-level” or trafficking offences.

Members of the SCU are now required to have an expanded knowledge of the CDSA, drug

trends and the handling of confidential informants. As a result, below is a list of courses SCU

members were able to attend during 2015.

Drug Investigators Course, Ontario Police College (3 members)

Warrant Writer’s Course, Ontario Police College (1 member)

Undercover Handler Course, Ontario Police College (1 member)

Lambton’s SCU had a number of personnel changes in 2015. Three new members joined the

team with three members moving on to new positions.

Listed are some of the drug related statistics that were investigated by the SCU. (These Stats are

reflective of investigations that the SCU either initiated or assisted with – they do not reflect the

overall drug stats for the detachment.)

Occurrences - 94

Search Warrants authored - 33

Persons Charged – 54

CDSA charges – 101

Criminal Code – 62 (related to drug investigations)

Value of drugs seized – $100,347.82

Cashed Seized - $4,765.00

Value of marihuana eradicated - $60,000.00

Weapons seized – 8

Lambton SCU continued to foster relationships with surrounding law enforcement agencies and

conducted several joint investigations with the Sarnia Police Service, Chatham-Kent Police Ser-

vice, R.C.M.P. and C.B.S.A. as well as with London Police and Strathroy-Caradoc Police.

LAMBTON CSO (Community Services/Media Relations Officers)

The Lambton County OPP Community Services/Media Relations

Officers (CSO) continue to deal with media issues and to promote

crime prevention and safety throughout Lambton County. These

officer's represent the OPP on a number of committees and at-

tend numerous school and community events and fairs during the

year.

The CSO's are active in the elementary schools delivering the OPP KIDS programs; internet safety,

bullying and drug messages, outside of the standard KIDS programs. The CSO's covered safety

talks from Grand Bend to Corunna in Legions, schools and church basements. 2015 was another

very successful year for Lambton CSO's with a great deal of outreach to the community.

Total Number Community and School Presentations = 147

School Presentations Community Presentations

VIP/OPP KIDS 37 Seniors Fairs - Displays 1

Community Helper 5 Seniors Safety 4

Bullying /Internet Safety 12 Youth Talks/Presentation/Bullying 7

Drugs and Alcohol Children - (Does

not include VIP/KIDS) 7 Robbery/Theft/Fraud Prevention 5

Online Safety 7 Road Safety 4

Ontario Early Years Visits 3 Online safety 3

Child General Safety 5 Bicycle Safety / Rodeo (Non School) 3

Bicycle Safety 3 Women Travelling Alone 1

Committees and other Involvements Winter Driving 5

Provincial Constable Travis Parsons General Safety Events/Presentations 5

Sarnia-Lambton Safe Roads Committee Identity Theft 1

Lambton OPP Health and Safety Career Days 1

Lambton OPP Committee Brownies/Cubs/Scouts Presentations 2

Provincial Constable Chris Doupe Farm Safety 1

Drug Drop Off Water Safety 1

Patch for Patch - Lambton Health Unit Personal Safety 2

Youth Addictions -YMCA Detachment Tours 1

Media Releases TV/Radio Public Service/Talk Show Interviews 11

2015 Total 221 Other Events i.e. parades 10

LAMBTON SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER

2015 Points of Interest

Youth directly involved in calls: 485

Total Youth Charged with an offence: 102

Total youth diverted under the YCJA: 82

Lambton OPP has allocated two full time School Resource Officers

(SRO) whose primary purpose is to proactively patrol, respond to and investigate criminal and

non-criminal matters, and assist in problem solving with respect to conflicts arising amongst the

students within the high school setting. In addition to providing services to Lambton County’s two

Secondary Schools, SRO officers provide assistance to the 25 Elementary Schools located within

Lambton County upon request.

SRO officers maintain an effective level of presence within the school environment offering quick

access to policing services and a close relationship with both school staff members and students.

This continual police presence in the school serves to promote improved relationships with the lo-

cal youth and serves to deter student's illegal behavior.

SRO officers participate in emergency training procedures such as school lock down drills and

provide/arrange presentations to the students that support a safer school environment. SRO offic-

ers provide assistance to front line officers with ongoing investigations by following up during

school hours and liaising with community based programs on their behalf.

Lambton OPP School Resource officers maintain a close working relationship with community

partners such as Sarnia Rebound and St. Clair Child and Youth Services in order to facilitate refer-

rals and YCJA (Youth Criminal Justice Act) diversions. SRO officers liaise between schools and Sar-

nia Rebound for the purpose of providing educational sessions to students who may benefit from

such interactions. Sarnia Rebound has indicated that referrals from Lambton OPP have outnum-

bered those from other agencies within Lambton County. With all referrals, SRO officers continue

to monitor the diverted youth to ensure compliance and completion of their assigned programs.

SRO officers continue to share information and work with youth probation officers keeping ap-

praised on who is on probation along with their associated conditions. SRO officers are trained in

Violence Threat Risk Assessment and have participated in a multi-agency team designed to as-

sess and monitor the progress of high risk/violent youths in the community. SRO officers also par-

ticipate in the Youth Mental Health Court Worker Program Committee.

Lambton OPP School Resource officers partner with other front line officers and Street Crime

members by providing intelligence involving drug use among the youth. Several youths have

been either charged and/or diverted with respect to drug offences during 2015 including the of-

fence of drug trafficking while on school property.

LAMBTON STAFFING UPDATES

TRANSFERRED OUT OF LAMBTON:

5 Provincial Constables

1 Staff Sergeant

TRANSFERRED INTO LAMBTON:

3 Provincial Constables

1 Staff Sergeant

2 Sergeants

3 New Recruits

RETIREMENTS:

2 Sergeants

2 Provincial Constables

2 Civilians

1 Seasonal Civilian

Lambton OPP has added 2 new specialized Constable Positions:

Mental Health and Community Mobilization Coordinator

and

Domestic Violence Investigator/Intelligence Led Policing/Crime Abatement Strate-

gy Officer (DVI/ILP/CAS)

Mental Health and Community Mobilization Coordinator

In the mental health role the Officer is responsible for:

Reviewing all mental health occurrences to ensure compliance with policy.

Responsible for ensuring appropriate follow up is conducted and that community

referrals are made.

Assisting in the creation of the Sarnia Lambton Situation Table and responsible as

the OPP representative at that Table during its weekly meetings.

Coordinating the creation of a mental health crisis team that will directly respond

to assist community members that are in crisis and to ensure the resources they re-

quire are provided to them.

In the Community Policing role:

Oversees all Community Policing events involving Lambton OPP and actively at-

tends and participates in those events.

Promotes the principals of Community Mobilization and Engagement as a means

of utilizing the skills and resources of community members towards joint problem

solving within our community.

LAMBTON STAFFING UPDATES cont’d

Domestic Violence Investigator/Intelligence Led Policing/

Crime Abatement Strategy Officer

DVI Role:

The Domestic Violence Investigator position in Lambton

County is fulfilled by one officer and supervised by a de-

tective sergeant.

Responsible for reviewing domestic violence occurrences in Lambton County to en-

sure that provincial guidelines/standards are met.

Assists in any investigation i.e. conduct interviews, complete necessary paper work.

Maintains a working relationship with Court Services and the Crown Attorney’s office

which is helpful in regards to bail hearings and court proceedings.

Sits on several committees including but not limited to DART, VVAW and LAARC.

Liaises on a regular basis with community partners including but not limited to Sarnia

Lambton Children’s Aid Society, Victim Services, and Victim Witness Assistance Pro-

gram.

ILP-CAS Role:

The Crime Abatement program in Lambton County is maintained by one officer and a

detective sergeant. All platoons and street crimes officers are engaged in conducting

checks of those candidates on the program. Officers are provided with up to date con-

ditions of release. They check with candidates to ensure that conditions are being met.

In the event that an offender is breaching conditions of release, a criminal investigation

is completed and where applicable, charges laid. Often times, these investigations in-

volve the investigating officer, crime abatement coordinator, court services staff and

probation/parole officers.

A close working relationship is maintained with probation and parole staff, both youth

and adult. This close relationship assists probation officers with monitoring their clients

and officers are able to ensure these parties are abiding by their court ordered condi-

tions that they agreed to follow.

On occasion, these checks led police to investigate further and additional charges

were laid in court.

On average for the year of 2015, there was approximately 20 persons in the program

each month. On average, there were a similar number of checks completed. Approxi-

mately 2 people per month were subject to charges related to their court ordered

terms. Additionally, between 1-2 persons in the program were in a residential treatment

each month and 1-2 persons were generally in custody per month.

LAMBTON EMERGENCY PLANNING ACTIVITES

The overall legal framework for emergency management in On-

tario is addressed primarily in the Emergency Management Civil

Protection Act, which along with powers contained in other minis-

try-specific legislation allows the government to take necessary

steps to deal with a provincial emergency. The purpose of the leg-

islation is to promote the public good by protecting the health,

safety and welfare of the people of Ontario in times of emergencies.

Ontario Regulation 380/04 establishes the minimum standards for emergency management pro-

grams required by municipalities and provincial ministries and supports the requirement in the Act

for mandatory emergency management programs. The Act requires each municipality to devel-

op, implement and maintain an emergency management program.

Each of our municipalities are subject to numerous identifiable hazards that fall under the broad

categories of natural, technological and human-caused. Emergencies related to these hazards

can occur at any time and in any place, with or without warning. The Lambton OPP will continue

to work with our municipal partners to improve public safety through a coordinated and pre-

identified process for responding to critical situations. A realistic emergency management pro-

gram will assist in protecting lives, infrastructure, and property, protect the environment, promote

economic stability, and help to ensure continuance of critical assets.

The Lambton OPP Detachment will continue to work with and assist each municipality to develop

and implement an emergency management program in accordance with legislated standards

and required by the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.

LAMBTON FALSE ALARMS

Municipality Commercial Residential Other

Lambton Shores 57 88 4

ST Clair Township 33 54 3

Dawn-Euphemia 3 3 2

Plympton-Wyoming 14 18 1

Brooke-Alvinston 12 0 0

Warwick 22 4 0

Enniskillen 10 6 0

Petrolia 52 12 3

Oil Springs 1 1 0

TOTAL 204 186 13

LAMBTON PROPERTY SECURITY

LAMBTON DISPATCH OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS

OPP ROLE The management and dispatch of domestic or wild animals is

not a core policing duty. The OPP will assist municipal bylaw

officers, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

and the Ministry of Natural Resources in this role if requested to

do so.

Municipalities are responsible for animal control. The public

should contact their local animal control or bylaw enforcement office for animal control is-

sues. The police should be contacted in emergency situations only.

If an animal, domestic or wild, is potentially dangerous or is so badly injured that humanity dic-

tates that its suffering be ended, an OPP officer may decide to dispatch the animal using a

firearm (Section 10, O/Reg. 926 of the Police Services Act).

A decision to dispatch an animal by the OPP is always made on the basis of whether it is po-

tentially dangerous or suffering.

The OPP makes every effort to find an alternative, but if the animal must be dispatched the

officer will act quickly and with a minimum of pain and trauma to the affected animal.

If the animal is potentially dangerous, the Police Service Act authorizes a police officer to

dispatch it using a firearm. Elimination of this potential danger does not require the owner’s

permission, although the officer may consult with the owner while gathering information. If

an animal is under control, but is considered dangerous, the owner should pursue other op-

tions in determining how to deal with the animal. Municipalities are responsible for animal

control. Some communities have bylaw enforcers or contractors who work in animal man-

agement and may be able to provide advice on the humane dispatch of dangerous ani-

mals. If your community has a local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Animals, you could contact them for advice.

You should only call the OPP if the animal is not under control and presents a potential dan-

ger to public safety. Otherwise, you should call the municipal bylaw officer responsible for ani-

mal control to explore options for safe and humane dispatch of the animal. You can also con-

tact the Society for Prevention to Cruelty to Animals if your community has one.

LAMBTON CONTACT INFORMATION

OPP CALLS FOR SERVICE:

When you need to report an incident or wish to speak with an of-

ficer, these numbers will connect you to the nearest OPP Commu-

nications Centre throughout Ontario.

1-888-310-1122

1-888-310-1133 (TTY)

9-1-1 EMERGENCY

If you call 9-1-1 for an emergency:

Give your exact location. Include address and town or city as this will enable call taker to ei-

ther handle the information or transfer you to the proper 9-1-1 centre.

Give your telephone number including the area code.

Advise the nature of your call.

Listen to the call takers instructions - depending on the location and type of incident, you may

be transferred.

Stay on the line until advised to hang up.

DETACHMENT HOURS / CONTACT INFO:

OUTSIDE PHONE * If you attend an office and the doors are locked or it is after hours – please pick

up the phone outside of the detachment and you will be connected directly to the OPP Commu-

nications Centre.

Lambton OPP

Detachment

Main Admin

Centre

4224 Oil Heritage Rd.

P.O. Box 400

Petrolia, ON

N0N 1R0

519-882-1011

519-882-1014

fax

Mon – Fri

8-4 pm

St. Clair Township (Satellite) 392 Lyndoch Street,

Corunna, ON

N0N 1G0

519-862-4680

519-862-1544

fax

Mon – Thurs &

every other Friday

8-4 pm

Forest (Satellite) 101 Broadway Street

Forest, ON

N0N 1J0

519-786-2349

519-786-2141

fax

Mon – Thurs &

every other Friday

8-4 pm

Grand Bend (Summer only) 58 Main Street

Grand Bend, ON

N0M 1T0

519-238-2345 Summer

Point Edward (Municipal) 102 St. Clair Street

Point Edward, ON

N7V 1N7

519-336-8691

519-336-5011

fax

Mon – Thurs &

every other Friday

8-4 pm

LAMBTON CONTACT INFORMATION cont’d

CALLING THE DETACHMENT:

When calling the detachment at the above numbers you will receive an automated greet-

ing.

Press 1 if you need to report an incident or speak with an officer.

Press 2 if you wish to speak with the administrative personnel during the above noted business

hours.

After hours you may leave a message.

CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS:

For a complete list of requirements and information on how to apply for Criminal Record Checks,

Police Information Checks and Police Vulnerable Sector Checks click the link below;

Ontario Provincial Police | Criminal Record Checks

CITIZENS SELF REPORTING:

You have the option to report select occurrences to the OPP from your computer or mobile de-

vice using the OPP’s Citizen Self Reporting system.

Use this system to report:

1. Lost/missing property under $5,000

2. Stolen license plates or validation stickers

3. Theft from a vehicle under $5,000

4. Mischief/damage to a vehicle under $5,000

5. Mischief/damage to property (other than a vehicle) under $5,000

6. Theft under $5,000

7. Driving Complaint

CANADIAN ANTI-FRAUD CENTRE:

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) is the central agency in Canada that collects infor-

mation and criminal intelligence on such matters as mass marketing fraud (i.e.: telemarketing),

advance fee fraud (i.e.: West African letters), Internet fraud and identification theft complaints.

If you wish to report a fraud or require information on a possible fraud contact the Canadian anti-

fraud centre;

Phone: 1-888-495-8501 OR E-mail: info@antifraudcentre.ca

CRIME STOPPERS:

You may contact Crime Stoppers from anywhere in Ontario at 1-800-222-8477, or by leaving an

anonymous Web-Tip at TipSoft - Web Tips Submission

4224 Oil Heritage Road

Petrolia, ON N0N 1R0

519.882.1011 ph.

519.882.1014 fax

LAMBTON COUNTY OPP