Officers laid three impaired driving charges as a result of separate incidents last week, with two of the incidents being investigated by the Windsor Police Service – Amherstburg Detachment and the third by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers in Kingsville.
The first incident was reported July 20 at approximately 8:30 p.m. Windsor police say an officer stopped a vehicle in the area of Fryer St. and Richmond St. As a result, police add that a 53-year-old male driver was charged with Impaired Operation, Fail to provide a Breath Sample and Driving While under Suspension. The vehicle was impounded, police also state.
The second incident was reported July 22 at approximately 10 p.m. Police say officers responded to a single motor vehicle accident in the 1300 block of Front Road South. According to police, the driver of the vehicle was a 51-year-old male and he was charged with Operation While Impaired and Exceed blood alcohol concentration. He was later released with a future court date, Windsor police add.
The third charge came in Kingsville last Thursday evening after members of the Kingsville detachment of the OPP were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Road 6 West where the vehicle left the roadway and entered the ditch. It is alleged the driver had previously consumed alcohol, with the OPP adding the driver was arrested and transported to a local OPP detachment for further testing. A 31-year-old Amherstburg resident was charged with Operation while impaired – alcohol and Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus). The accused in the case in Kingsville is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 8.
Accident
Windsor Police Service – Amherstburg Detachment officers responded to a collision July 19 where one driver was subsequently issued a Provincial Offences Notice related to the accident. It was a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Sandwich St. S. and Richmond St.
Crime Severity Index
Statistics Canada released their 2023 Crime Severity Index (CSI) last week and Windsor police has indicated how Windsor and Amherstburg was ranked. In the areas they police, the CSI increased by a total of 4.8 per cent. The violent crime serverity index increased 15.5 per cent and the non-violent crime severity index went up 0.6 per cent.
Police say that compared with data from 2022, robberies were up 21 per cent and assaults up 16 per cent. Of the total number of assaults combined between the two municipalities, 45 per cent were related to intimate partner violence.
Primary drivers of non-violent crimes include a decrease of 12.7 per cent in break-and-enters but shoplifting was up 24.8 per cent, police say.
“We continue to take a data-driven, evidence-based policing approach to promote public safety and reduce crime,” said Deputy Police Chief Jason Crowley in a statement posted to social media. “This strategy includes adjustments to resource allocation and working collaboratively with community partners to address the underlying issues that drive violent crime, such as mental health, substance use, and homelessness.”
Windsor police add the CSI measures changes in the level of severity of crime in Canada from year to year. All crimes are assigned a weight based on their seriousness. The level of seriousness is based on actual sentences handed down by the courts in all provinces and territories.
—All information courtesy of the Windsor Police Service – Amherstburg Detachment and Essex County OPP
Three drivers face impaired driving charges in separate incidents
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