Posted by David Klassen
Winnipeg police began pulling over motorists Monday for obeying traffic laws and driving safe. It’s part of the “Two Minutes for Driving Good” campaign to promote the upcoming 21st Annual Old Timer’s Hockey Challenge, where hockey legends will face-off against the Winnipeg Police Service Patrolmen Hockey Club.
Next Monday, March 15, the game [...]

For the second time this week, the Public Safety Building at 151 Princess Street was evacuated.
Reports of an ammonia smell forced the evacuation shortly before 10:30 a.m. Friday when a hazardous materials call was reported.
Earlier this week, staff were evacuated due to breathing difficulties.
Police blocked traffic in the area and rerouted vehicles on to Elgin [...]

The Public Safety Building on Princess Street was evacuated early Wednesday afternoon after officers reported having breathing difficulties.
About half a dozen officers were taken to hospital, and several more were treated on scene.
Prisoners in the building were moved to a different location and were being held for questioning.
Firefighters conducted air quality tests of the building.
The [...]

RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service provided an update Friday afternoon on the progress of the Manitoba Integrated Task Force for Missing and Murdered Women.
Authorities say they have completed their initial review of the outstanding homicide and missing persons’ investigations and has now identified certain cases for further re-examination.
84 cases have been examined so far, [...]

Here’s your good news story of the day that shows decent people still exist:
Winnipeg police reported today that on January 30, a person attended the East District police station to turn in a wallet found in a parking lot on Regent Avenue.
The individual made numerous attempts to locate the owner of the wallet prior to [...]

The Downtown Security Network and Downtown Watch are crediting themselves with assisting police in apprehending a robbery suspect Wednesday night.
On January 17, two incidents involving robbery and a weapon occurred downtown and police issued a description of the suspects. The alert was sent to 170 members of the Downtown Security Network asking them to review [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz
The Winnipeg Police Service held a press conference Tuesday to make their case for acquiring a helicopter to better fight crime from the skies above the city.
The city voted recently to put $3.5 million towards the chopper, which would cost an additional $1.3 million annually to operate.
Police Chief Keith McCaskill believes the [...]

Days after making a first arrest in relation to a vehicle crash that left a 47-year-old man dead last Friday, Winnipeg police have a second teen in custody.
A 17-year-old male — the alleged passenger in the vehicle — has been charged with manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and a number of other offenses. This latest [...]

Winnipeg police have at least one person in custody in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 47-year-old man Friday.
Zdzislaw Andrzejczak was killed when his vehicle was struck by a stolen Hummer H2 in the 500 block of Alfred Avenue Friday afternoon.
The vehicle was believed to have been stolen the same day from Wellington [...]

Winnipeg police had a number of streets blocked off Wednesday morning after reports of a gun call in the West End.
Police and members of the tactical support team were on Maryland Street between Ellice Avenue and Sargent Avenue at about 6 a.m.
Watch:

Reports said a man barricaded himself in an apartment with a firearm and wouldn’t [...]

It was like a shakedown out of the movies Wednesday morning in several parts of Winnipeg and on the outskirts as police moved in as part of Project DIVIDE.
The Manitoba Integrated Organized Crime Task Force (MIOCTF), along with over 300 police officers, made 26 arrests and conducted 23 searches as part of an investigation initiated [...]

It’s that time of year when police are out to make sure you haven’t taken the wheel after pounding back a few bevvies celebrating the holiday season.
The Winnipeg Police Service is set to begin its 2009 Festive Check Stop Program, which aims to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road.
During the month of [...]