News by subject: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Correctional Service Canada On March 7, 2018, as a result of the vigilance of staff members at the Regional Reception Center, a multi-level security institution, an inmate was intercepted as he was attempting to bring contraband into the...

Correctional Service Canada On February 28, 2018, correctional officers in the medium security unit at Archambault Institution, intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring contraband into the institution.  The contraband seized...

Correctional Service Canada On January 31, 2018, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized on the perimeter of Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security facility....

Correctional Service Canada Last week, contraband was seized at Donnacona Institution, a maximum security federal institution. On January 29, 2018, correctional officers and security intelligence officers intercepted an inmate who was...

Correctional Service Canada On November 27, 2017, Raymond Sauvé, an inmate from Federal Training Centre died while in our custody. At the time of his death, Mr. Sauvé, 75 years old, had been serving an indeterminate sentence for...

Correctional Service Canada On November 10, 2017, the detector-dog team at the Regional Reception Centre, a multi-level security institution, intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring contraband into the institution.  This...

Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at Donnacona Institution on November 16, 2017 has ended. The institution has resumed its normal operations. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is strengthening measures to prevent...

Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at the medium security unit at Bowden Institution on November 6, 2017 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is strengthening...

Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at Cowansville Institution on November 10, 2017 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations. Various unauthorized...

Correctional Service Canada During the 5:50 a.m. count on November 4, 2017, staff members at Pê Sâkâstêw Centre, a minimum security federal institution, discovered that Trevor Ryan Whittleton was not accounted for. The Correctional...

Correctional Service Canada On October 24, 2017, Sylvia Lyn Tasha, an inmate from Federal Training Centre died while in our custody. Emergency services were called. The inmate could not be resuscitated.  At the time of her...

Correctional Service Canada At approximately 8:30 p.m. on October 3, 2017 inmates Samantha Toope and Kelsie Mast were apprehended by the Edmonton Police Service.  The inmates had escaped from Edmonton Institution for Women, a...

Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at Cowansville Institution on September 21, 2017 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations. Correctional Service...

Correctional Service Canada On September 21st, 2017, at about 9:25 PM, a lockdown was put in place at Cowansville Institution, a medium security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search. The search...

Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at Drumheller Institution on September 5, 2017 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations. Correctional Service...

Correctional Service Canada On September 5, at about 7 a.m. a lockdown was put in place in the medium security unit at Drumheller Institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search. The search was ordered...

Correctional Service Canada On September 4, 2017, at about 10:30 a.m., a lockdown was put in place in the medium security unit at Bowden Institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search. The safety and security of...

Correctional Service Canada On August 30, 2017, James Leo Short, an inmate from the Regional Psychiatric Centre died while in our custody. Emergency services were called. The inmate could not be resuscitated.  At the time of...

Correctional Service Canada On August 27, 2017, at about 8:30 a.m., correctional officers at Archambault, a medium security federal institution, intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring unauthorized items into the institution. ...

Correctional Service Canada The lockdown put in place at Drumheller Institution on August 23, 2017 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations. Correctional Service Canada...

Correctional Service Canada On August 23, 2017, at about 11:50 a.m. a lockdown was put in place in the medium security unit at Drumheller Institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search. The search was...

Correctional Service Canada On August 8th, 2017, at about 10:45 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing tobacco was seized on the perimeter of Archambault institution, a medium security federal institution....

Correctional Service Canada On August 5, 2017 at about 11:45 a.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing about 212 grams of tobacco was seized in the medium security unit at Archambault Institution in...

Correctional Service Canada This week, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Drummond Institution, a medium security federal institution. On July 22, 2017, correctional officers intercepted, on two different occasions,...

Correctional Service Canada At approximately 5 p.m. on July 23, 2017, inmate Luc Paquette was apprehended by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.  This inmate had been unlawfully at large from the minimum security unit at...

Correctional Service Canada On July 20, 2017, at the 10:45 p.m. count in the minimum security unit of the Federal Training Centre, staff members discovered that inmate Luc Paquette was not accounted for. The Correctional Service of...

Correctional Service Canada On July 1st, 2017, Régis Tremblay, an inmate from Archambault Institution died while in our custody. At the time of his death, Mr. Tremblay, 57 years old, had been serving a life sentence for second degree...

Correctional Service Canada On June 19, 2017 at about 3h30 pm., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing unauthorized items was seized at Archambault, a medium security federal institution. The unauthorized...

Correctional Service Canada On June 16, 2017, André Gaudette, an inmate from the Federal Training Centre, a penitentiary in Laval, died while in our custody. At the time of his death, Mr. Gaudette, 71 years old, had been serving a...

Correctional Service Canada On June 9, 2017, at about 13h45, correctional officers at Cowansville Institution, a medium security federal institution, intercepted an inmate and a visitor who were attempting to bring contraband into the...

Correctional Service Canada On June 4, 2017, Gaston Lavoie, an inmate from Archambault Institution died while in our custody. At the time of his death, Mr. Lavoie, 76 years old, had been serving a life sentence non-capital murder...

Correctional Service Canada On May 24, 2017, Curtis Robert Cozart, an inmate from Saskatchewan Penitentiary died while in our custody. Emergency services were called. The offender was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead...

Canada Border Services Agency Proactive Statement from the CBSA: Yesterday evening, there was an incident involving Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer working at a Canada Post's Léo-Blanchette Postal Facility in Montreal,...

StarChase announced today that Arvada Police Department has secured its patented, GEN III GPS tracking technology to provide a tactical tool to address criminal activity in Arvada and surrounding jurisdictions and to help mitigate dangers to officers...

Correctional Service Canada On April 1, 2017, at about 2 p.m., two inmates were found to have been victims of an assault at Edmonton Institution, a maximum-security federal institution. The injured inmates were immediately evaluated...

A growing concern that the lockout at Nipissing and Parry Sound children's aid - now at 100 days and counting - is jeopardizing the safety and well-being of the region's vulnerable children and youth has triggered a demand from the Canadian Union of...

StarChase announced today the safe capture of an armed suspect who fled a traffic stop. Officers from Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) District Five were able to conclude the incident safely and prevent danger to the community by utilizing StarChase...

Correctional Service Canada On March 3, 2017 at 11:55 a.m., correctional officers at Donnacona Institution, a maximum security federal penitentiary, intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring contraband into the institution. ...

On March 6, 2017, at about 9:10 P.M. an inmate was found to have been the victim of an assault at Edmonton Institution, a maximum-security federal institution. The injured inmate was immediately evaluated by staff members and transported to an...

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On March 4, 2017, inmate Douglas John, from Edmonton Institution, escaped while on a medical escorted temporary absence. I would like to thank our colleagues from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for their work and efforts that led to the...

Correctional Service Canada At approximately 5:00 P.M. M.S.T. on March 4, 2017, inmate Douglas John was apprehended by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).  This inmate had been unlawfully at large from Edmonton Institution, a...

Correctional Service Canada On March 4, 2017, at about 1:40 P.M. M.S.T., Edmonton Institution, a maximum security federal institution, was notified that Douglas John escaped during a medical escorted temporary absence in Fort Saskatchewan,...

Canada Border Services Agency The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that a new dedicated Free and Secure Trade (FAST) lane and inspection booth have opened at the Fort Erie, ON, port of entry. The new FAST lane provides...

Canada Border Services Agency The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is launching an investigation into whether or not certain silicon metal originating in or exported from the Federative Republic of Brazil...

Correctional Service Canada On February 16, 2017 Mr. Frédérick Mineau, an inmate from the Regional Reception Center, in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, died while in our custody. At the time of his death, Mr. Mineau, 38 years old, had been...

Note to editors: two images are included with this press release on Marketwired's website. Approximately 300 soldiers are taking part in signals training in Saint-Raymond from February 8 to 14, 2017. It will be the last part of a training...

On February 1st, 2017 at about 8:35 p.m., Laurianne Lévesque, an inmate from Joliette Institution, escaped. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the Sûreté du Québec. Approximately 35 minutes later, at 9:10...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of fishers fined in December, 2016, for various offences under the Fisheries Act. The fines imposed on the offenders total $6,350. The offenders are:...

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today that on October 20, 2016 Wolfgang John Wilm of Whitby, Ontario was found guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket, of one count of tax evasion under the Income Tax Act. He was sentenced on...