The Midland Police will be taking two Safety Patrollers from Midland to the Annual CAA Safety Patrol Leadership Camp held in Oshawa. From July 15 to July 18 Safety Patrollers from the South Central Region will be taking part in team building exercises, as well as training for School Bus Patrollers and School Foot Patrollers. On Friday, July 18, there will be awards presented.

Common Highway Traffic Act Charges

CHARGEDEMERIT POINTS

Failing to remain at the scene of an accident7 points
Speeding-exceeding limit by 50 km/h or more
6 points
Speeding-exceeding limit by 30 km/h but no more
than 49 km/h
4 points

What is a power-assisted bicycle?

• A power-assisted bicycle is also known as an "electric bicycle" or "e-bike."


• An e-bike is a bicycle with an added battery powered electric motor that does not exceed 500 watts and can assist the cyclist up to a speed
  of 32 km/h.


• It can also be driven like a bicycle without any power assist.

As part of the Midland Police Services Board's business plan development, we took to the streets to ask our community a simple question and recorded their answers.

What is the biggest problem facing our youth today?

Here is what they said.

It has only been a couple of weeks since our 2007 bicycle auction and our recovered lost or stolen bike rack is starting to fill up again!

There can be only a few of reasons for this.

1. People don't know their bike has been lost or stolen

Peel Regional Police made the proposal to the provincial government after their study of the issue revealed blue lights are more readily visible to the naked eye at night.

Is the internet a safe place for your kids to play unsupervised?

Absolutely not.

The internet is a wonderful evolving resource but is completely beyond local control, has no auditing for accuracy and without the addition of user-applied software or hardware, completely without any form of content filtering.

If you record video in your home or business there are some tips that will assist us in the event that your video might one day be used as evidence in a court proceeding.

These tips apply equally to large multi-camera installations as they do to a simple camera connected to a VCR.

Thanks to all those who came out in support of the Law Enforcement Torch Run For Special Olympics charity hockey game on Saturday the 17th of March 2007!
We raised money for this worthy cause and had a great game of hockey against the KICX 104.1 FM All Stars. The gamed ended in a tie but the real winners our the Special Olympians!