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By Cam Lee

Community help

Melfort RCMP expressing thanks to public for reporting recent incidents

Aug 22, 2025 | 10:42 AM

The Detachment Commander of the Melfort RCMP said recent public reporting has helped them make three arrests of high-risk offenders.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Case said they received a call at around noon last Sunday about a vehicle driving erratically on Highway 41. Callers kept reporting updates on the location of the vehicle, which was stopped just outside of Melfort.

A man from Weekes was arrested for impaired driving, and police said breath samples tested over double the legal limit. Case said highway users were at risk of serious injury with the driver behind the wheel of his truck, which came close to striking several other motorists.

The second incident happened Wednesday morning, when police were called about a suspicious man on a motorcycle near a Melfort business. Police found the man, but he fled the scene. They were called about the man returning to the business and acting strange the following morning. Police found the man from Nipawin and arrested him for fleeing from police and dangerous driving from what happened the previous morning. RCMP determined he was responsible for other thefts and property crime in Melfort by looking at social media posts that hadn’t been reported to police.

Melfort RCMP were then called Thursday morning to help an external agency on James Smith Cree Nation. A woman who was wanted for numerous violent crimes was found inside a home and arrested.

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“It is important for everyone to be aware of the avenues available to them when occurrences are seen or discovered and the police are required to attend or become aware of them,” Case said. “It is common for people to be confused or unaware that the police should be contacted about certain situations and how to contact the police. This has resulted in delays of reports being made or not at all.”

Case said it’s common for local police to monitor social media for incidents of crime that are not reported directly to them. He added there are several ways you can report incidents to the police:

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In the incidents above, he was thankful that police were notified of suspicious activity.

“The police cannot be effective without the support of community members and those members reporting incidents to the police,” said Case. “Over the past week, members of the Melfort RCMP made arrests of high-risk offenders and without receiving calls from members of the public, they may not have been arrested.”

He said without those tips or notifications, the offenders may not have been detected at all, and the Melfort RCMP appreciates when community members become involved with monitoring incidents within the community to help keep it as safe and secure as possible.

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cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com