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Advisory: Niagara Police Services Board Special Public Board Meeting - 2024 NRPS Budget

The media and public are invited to the Special Public Board Meeting of the Regional Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board on Monday, December 4, 2023 at 9:00 am to reconsider the Niagara Regional Police Service 2024 budget. 

The meeting can be viewed live on the link Niagara Region Police Services Board - YouTube 

The Board will record its meeting and will upload the link to the Board’s website for the public to access following the meeting. 

The agenda for this meeting can be accessed on...

Man Arrested Following NRPS Drug Investigation – Niagara Falls

On Wednesday, November 22, 2023, detectives from the 2 District (Niagara Falls / Niagara on the Lake) Street Crime Unit, with the Niagara Regional Police Service, entered an investigation into the sale of controlled substances in the City of Niagara Falls. 

As a result of the investigation, detectives seized 133.3 grams of cocaine, 28.4 grams of crack cocaine and 101.4 grams of fentanyl.  The estimated total street value of the drugs exceeds $35000.

Kenneth Payne-Braithwaite (37 years old) of...

Cloud-based Storage of Child Sexual Abuse Material Results in Arrest of Niagara Falls Man

In November 2023, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Detectives assigned to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit began an investigation into the upload of Child Sexual Abuse Material to a Microsoft cloud-based storage service.

On November 16th 2023, Detectives executed a search warrant at a private residence in Niagara Falls.  Evidence uncovered during this search lead to the arrest of Michael D. HONEY (66-years-old) from Niagara Falls who is now facing the following charges:

• 2 Counts of...

PROVINCE APPOINTS KEVIN GIBSON TO POLICE SERVICES BOARD

Chair Jen Lawson welcomed back Kevin Gibson to the Regional Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board.  Mr. Gibson was appointed to the Police Services Board by the Provincial Government under an Order in Council from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for a three-year term commencing November 9, 2023.  He served previously on the Board as a former Regional Councillor from 2018 to 2022.  Mr. Gibson fills the position previously held by former Board Vice-Chair Dave Eke, whose term ended on...

ADVISORY: Niagara Police Services Board Meeting - November 23, 2023

The media and public are invited to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Regional Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board on Thursday, November 23, 2023.  The public portion of the meeting will begin at 9:30 am and can be viewed live on the link Niagara Region Police Services Board - YouTube 

The Board will record its meeting and will upload the link to the Board’s website for the public to access following the meeting. 

The agenda for this meeting can be accessed on Tuesday, November...