Media Releases

Calls for Service:
(Jan 9 at 8:00am – Jan 10 at 8:00am) 100

Public Mischief Arrest

A 21-year-old Peterborough man is facing a charge of public mischief.

On December 26, 2024, officers took a report of a vehicle that had been stolen from a parking lot while the man was at work.

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Calls for Service:
(Jan 8 at 8:00am – Jan 9 at 8:00am) 110

Community FIRST Arrest

A 31-year-old Peterborough man is facing a charge of breaching probation.

At approximately 9:50pm on January 8, 2025, officers with the Community FIRST Unit were conducting a proactive patrol of a parking garage in the area of Charlotte Street and Simcoe Street.

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Missing Person

The Peterborough Police Service is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 14-year-old Peterborough girl.

Neveah Wallwork was last seen Friday, January 3, 2025 leaving a residence in the Third Avenue and Clonsilla Avenue area.

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Calls for Service:
(Jan 6 at 8:00am – Jan 7 at 8:00am) 84

Festive RIDE

Officers with the Peterborough Police Service conducted three Festive RIDE checks between December 20, 2024, and January 1, 2025.

In all:

Vehicles Stopped: 1,511
Sobriety Tests Administered: 95
Fail: 2
Warnings: 1

At approximately 12:30am on Saturday, December 21, 2024, officers conducting a RIDE check on Lansdowne Street West near Kawartha Heights Boulevard.

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Calls for Service:
(Jan 3 at 8:00am – Jan 4 at 8:00am) 114
(Jan 4 at 8:00am – Jan 5 at 8:00am) 81
(Jan 5 at 8:00am – Jan 6 at 8:00am) 81

Motor Vehicle Theft with Violence Arrests

Two teenagers are facing charges in connection with a carjacking on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. 

At approximately 8:00pm on New Year's Day, two people approached a vehicle in the area of Wolf Street and Park Place pulled a woman from her vehicle and punched her in the face before fleeing in the vehicle.

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Advanced DNA testing technology helps Peterborough Police Service identify human remains found in Otonabee River in 1988

Peterborough, ON – Wednesday, December 11, 2024

On July 10^th, 1988, recreational divers located a human skull in the Otonabee River, near Lock and McKellar Street, approximately 130 feet from the shore.  When the skull was found a postmortem examination was conducted, which revealed it belonged to a male and that he was the victim of homicide.

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Peterborough Police Service has opened a Request for Proposal for Vehicle Towing Services. 

The RFP is for the supply of 24-hour towing services and vehicle secure storage pound facilities for use by the PPS within the City of Peterborough, the Township of Cavan Monaghan and the Village of Lakefield for the 2025 through 2029 term.

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Peterborough, ON February 2, 2024

As of March 1^st, 2024, the Peterborough Police Service will be joining other police services by introducing a Verified Alarm Response Program (VARP).  This means Alarm Monitoring Services will be required to verify any alarm signal they receive prior to notifying police.

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Monday, January 29, 2024

Peterborough, ON – The Peterborough Police Service is proud to announce a partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada.  Under the partnership our two organizations will work together to offer an additional layer of mental health support  and services to Peterborough Police Service members and their families.

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City of Peterborough to acquire property for a second police facility

Key details

• City of Peterborough will acquire 1421 Lansdowne St. W.
  Dec 15, 2023
  
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