Durham Police yesterday said 20 people have been arrested following a four-day project targeting retail theft at a plaza in Oshawa. Five of the parties arrested were also charged with breaching court-imposed conditions.
On Friday, September 26, the DRPS East Division Community Response Unit concluded a pro-active retail theft initiative after an increase in thefts from businesses in a plaza at Harmony Road North and Taunton Road East.
The initiative, called ‘Safe Shop’ was implemented to help combat retail theft and provide outreach and education about theft prevention to businesses. In addition, DRPS provided targeted enforcement through proactive police patrols to arrest retail theft offenders.
The initiative resulted in 20 arrests, 26 charges and five breach related charges.
Of the 20 arrested, five accused were already on previous court-imposed conditions relating to previous theft charges, highlighting a concerning pattern of recidivism.
Anyone with information about this or similar incidents is asked to contact Cst. Belmonte of East Division Community Response Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 3788.
The town would authorize it if a spaceship wanted to land in Palmer Park, because the BIA runs the town. In fact, there is so much traffic in Port Perry now, because of the massive building of +$1M homes and, of course, the increase in population. In this NOT quiet, little, historic community by the lake NOT and Mayor Wooten and her cohorts would be best to remember that the next time a film crew comes. The Mayor reports to the people NOT THE FILM INDUSTRY!!!