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GSPS Launches 2nd Annual Truth and Reconciliation Relay

The Greater Sudbury Police Service is proud to launch our second annual Truth and Reconciliation Relay and we are thrilled to say that this year is going to be even bigger! We began this initiative as an internal event for GSPS members in 2022 with a goal of 10,000 km collectively and 100 participants. 

The 10,000 km was to signify the estimated number of children who did not make it home from Canadian residential schools, however, we know that number is much higher.

Last year, we exceeded our...

Canada Day celebrations – wishing everyone to have a safe and happy long weekend

Officers from the Greater Sudbury Police Service Traffic Management Unit and Patrol Operations will be on patrol again this Canada Day regulating the safe flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Roadways around Bell Park, Science North, Health Sciences North and several intersecting streets will be monitored for prohibited parking.

Vehicles parked in prohibited areas, grassed areas, sidewalks, or obstructing driveways and/or intersections will be ticketed and/or towed.

The boat launch and...

Requesting assistance to identify youths involved in motor vehicle collision on Notre Dame Avenue

UPDATE

The youths involved in this matter have been identified. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

ORIGINAL

Around 2:35 p.m. on June 28, 2023, a motor vehicle collision occurred on Notre Dame Avenue near the entrance to Sudbury Kartways involving a van and a motorcycle. It is believed that the collision occurred because several youths were playing “chicken” on the roadway.

As a result of the youths running out in front of traffic, the drivers of the van and the motorcycle had to make...

The nose, knows – K9 Roy assists detectives with vehicle search & seizure of over $67,700 in drugs

In the Spring of 2023, Detectives from the Greater Sudbury Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) working in collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team began an investigation into an individual from Southern Ontario who was believed to be trafficking illicit drugs in Greater Sudbury.

Around 9:45 p.m. on June 27, 2023, members of the Greater Sudbury Police Service Emergency Response Unit (ERU) along with members of the...

28-year-old man charged in internet child exploitation investigation

On June 8, 2023, the Greater Sudbury Police Service Internet Child Exploitation and Computer Forensics Units in collaboration with the Emergency Response Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Greater Sudbury.

As a result of the investigation, 28-year-old, Matthew Newton was arrested and charged with the following offences:

• Access Child Pornography x2
• Possess Child Pornography x2                    

Matthew Newton appeared in bail court on June 8, 2023 to answer to the charges.

The Greater Sudbury Police...