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Scott Hayes has been appointed an inspector with the Prince Albert Police Service following an extensive internal selection process. Inspector Hayes is in his 16th year as a police officer and will oversee the Criminal Investigation Division of the police service. Before his appointment, Inspector Hayes held the rank of Sergeant and has more than eight years of experience working with the Criminal Investigation Division. Members in the Criminal Investigation Division investigate all major files includi ...

Three men are facing drug and weapons charges after members of the Prince Albert Police Service’s Crime Reduction Team (CRT) located cocaine, methamphetamine, a loaded handgun, ammunition, and more than $6,000 in cash during an investigation. Early Friday morning, officers acting on a search warrant searched a residence in the 1900 Block of 13th Street West. Police located drug packaging materials, including multiple baggies and two functioning digital scales. The amount of drugs seized included nea ...

Members with the Proactive Policing Unit of the Prince Albert Police Service seized more than 30 stolen cell phones and a laptop following an investigation into a break and enter at a local business. Just before 1:30 a.m. on August 31, a business in the 2800 Block of 6th Avenue East was broken into and numerous electronics were stolen. At approximately 5:15 p.m. the same day, members with the Proactive Policing Unit identified the suspect seen on video surveillance from the business at an intersection ...

A 41-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation by the Prince Albert Police Service’s Crime Reduction Team (CRT). At approximately 4:30 p.m. on September 5, CRT members arrested a man on an outstanding warrant for being unlawfully at large in the area around the 1200 Block of 6th Avenue West. The man attempted to flee on a bike but was arrested nearby. Upon further investigation, police located 56 grams of methamphetamine, a small amount of cash, a functioning digital scale, and a cel ...

Today marks 31 years since Jean LaChance was the victim of a homicide. Her death remains under investigation by the Prince Albert Police Service and her family, including her five children, continue to wait for answers about who is responsible. On September 15, 1991 Jean Lachance’s body was discovered along the bush line in a field south of Victoria Hospital. Jean’s children were between the ages of four and 11 in 1991, and were suddenly and inexplicably left without their mother. Someone knows what ...