Recent public safety alert leads to charges for Lanark, Ont.-area man
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OPP say a Feb. 10 public safety emergency alert sparked an investigation and search that resulted in the arrest of a man driving an allegedly stolen vehicle near Smiths Falls.
Ontario Provincial Police have provided more information regarding a recent public safety emergency alert.
Police say they received information from the Smiths Falls police service about a stolen vehicle, which OPP officers were able to locate travelling north on Highway 15 north of Smiths Falls.
The driver was arrested at the scene.
The alert was issued on the morning of Feb. 10, after police were made aware that two other men armed with a handgun had been near the Beckwith Recreation Complex. Police say both men have a history of violence and multiple criminal convictions.
An extensive search of the area was immediately launched, involving the OPP’s aviation, tactics and rescue unit, emergency response team, canine unit, and officers with the Lanark detachment.
During the ensuing investigation and search, the OPP determined there was no longer an ongoing, urgent and imminent threat to public safety in the area and the alert was lifted.
Dale Lewis Scott, 26, of Drummond-North Elmsley Township was charged with:
According to the OPP, public safety emergency alerts are “only issued when there is an ongoing, urgent and significant threat to life. The purpose of the alert is to share critical and potentially life-saving information with the public quickly.”