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Road Watch plays role in keeping roads safe

Traffic

Caledon OPP officers responded to 43 property damage, seven personal injury collisions and one fatality during the week ending Nov. 26.

Four drivers - two from Orangeville and two from Woodbridge - were charged Under Section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act (street racing). Three charges were laid at Highway 10 and Charleston Sideroad.

Road Watch

Road Watch - You've seen the signs. What is it and how does it work?

Road Watch is a Caledon based project designed by local volunteers in 1995. Road Watch is now operational in many communities across the country. Road Watch enables citizens to report, in a non-threatening manner, any driver who has displayed aggressive, risktaking behaviour. The program is supported by the local OPP.

The purpose of Road Watch is to help eliminate senseless car crashes, road rage and drivers with a plain disregard for the rules of the road.

We all need to participate in making our communities safe and crash-free.

There is a place for you to volunteer on Road Watch.

If you are interested in making your Caledon roads safer and finding out more about the program, call Jackie Flynn at 519-927- 3581 or Caledon OPP, Community Policing at 905- 857-3304 for more information and meeting dates.

Alcohol & Driving

Tuesday, Nov. 20, a traffic complaint led to a vehicle stop by police on Airport Road near Escarpment Sideroad in Caledon. The driver was subsequently arrested and charged. Craig Cochrane, 33, of Blue Mountain, was charged with Impaired Driving, Possession of Controlled Substance-Marijuana and Breach of Probation. He will appear in court Jan. 7.

Friday, Nov. 23, a driver of a vehicle was arrested when he was located by police asleep behind the wheel in a parking lot on Forks of the Credit Road. Robert Irwin, 44, of Burlington, was charged with Impaired Care & Control of a Motor Vehicle, Care & Control of a Vehicle- Over 80 mgs. Of Alcohol in 100 mls. of Blood, Resist Arrest and Having Liquor in Open Container. Court date was set for Jan. 3.

Break & Enter

Friday, Nov. 23, during the night hours, a business on Olde Base Line Road was entered. A door of a building on the property was pried open. Several power tools, a camera and portable radios were stolen.

Mischief Sunday, Nov. 25, two small cans of paint were thrown on to a Schaefer Place driveway in Bolton during the night hours. The paint damaged a parked car as well as the driveway.

Theft

Monday, Nov. 19, a snowmobile was reported stolen from a location on Airport Road near King Street sometime over the previous weekend.

Tuesday, Nov. 20, a quantity of copper piping was reported stolen from a job site on King Street in Caledon. The theft occurred sometime over the previous weekend.

Friday, Nov. 23, copper wire was reported stolen from a fenced yard on Highway 10 near Escarpment Sideroad. The theft occurred during the night hours.

Saturday, Nov. 24, a gravel trailer was stolen sometime over the prior two days from a construction yard on Industrial Road in Bolton.

Saturday, Nov. 24, a vehicle was entered while parked overnight in a Cedar Drive residential driveway. A window of the vehicle was smashed to gain access to a wallet that was left inside.

Criminal Charges

Tuesday, Nov. 20, a Caledon officer conducting speed enforcement on Heart Lake Road near McGregor Drive stopped a vehicle that was observed travelling northbound at a high rate of speed. The male driver did not surrender a driver's licence and verbally identified himself to the officer with a false identity. After a roadside investigation, proper identity was confirmed and the driver, 43-year-old Robert Mitchell of Orangeville, is now facing a criminal charge. He will appear in court Dec. 20, charged with Obstruct Police, Drive While Under Suspension and Speeding.

Domestic Disputes

OPP officers responded to seven domestic disputes between Nov. 20 and 24. Charges were laid in Bolton incidents Nov. 22 and 25.