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Media Release - Prince Albert Police Members Recognized for Efforts to Stop Impaired Driving

Media Release – Prince Albert Police Members Recognized for Efforts to Stop Impaired Driving

Cst. Rob Lindsay and Cst. Nicholas Danyliuk of the Prince Albert Police Service were recognized last week with a Van de Vorst Family Award for Excellence in Prevention from MADD Canada for their efforts to arrest and remove impaired drivers from roads in our community. Cst. Lindsay was on hand to accept the award from Karen Anthony-Burns with MADD Prince Albert while Cst. Danyliuk joined the presentation online. The awards are presented in memory of Jordan and Chanda Van de Vorst and the ...

Media Release - CEW Deployment

Media Release – CEW Deployment

File 2020-46202  Just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday night, members were dispatched to a residence in the 700 Block of 28th Street East for a complaint of a disturbance involving an aggressive male who was causing damage to a residence. When police arrived, the man was attempting to fight another man and was assaultive toward a woman in the residence. Officers attempted to calm the man down, but he ignored police commands and began to demonstrate assaultive behaviour toward police members. In response ...

Media Release - In-custody Death Investigation

Media Release – In-custody Death Investigation

File 2020-44901 The Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the death of a 30-year-old Prince Albert man. On Tuesday evening, December 1, 2020, Prince Albert Police Service members apprehended the man on a Detention Order pursuant to s. 45.1(1) of The Public Health Act. He was taken to police cells overnight and then transported to the Victoria Hospital the following morning for assessment and treatment. Prince Albert Police were later advised that the man had died in hospital on Decembe ...

Media Release - Prince Albert Police Service Announces Retirement of Deputy Chief Jason Stonechild

Media Release – Prince Albert Police Service Announces Retirement of Deputy Chief Jason Stonechild

Police Chief Jonathan Bergen announced today that Deputy Chief Jason Stonechild, after 27 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Prince Albert, has given notice of his retirement from its police service in order to pursue further professional goals in the broader Saskatchewan community. Stonechild, who grew up in Prince Albert, was promoted to Deputy Chief by Bergen in 2018.  Bergen says Stonechild will be missed. “Jason has over many years established himself as an important and well-regarde ...

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