The long weekend is about to begin as I write this and I hope that by the time you read it you will have had a safe and enjoyable weekend. Spring planting is in full swing, so be cautious around farm equipment that you may come across along your drives.

The Fraud of the Month for May is the “Hitman Scam”. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre continues to receive complaints on the hitman scam and is advising the public to ignore these e-mails which use death threats to frighten and scam consumers. These e-mails claim that “you have been betrayed by someone” and that they have been hired to “kill you”. The e-mails go on to say that at a cost (usually double what the hitman was paid), the scammer will cancel the contract and provide the name of the individual who hired him. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre recommends anyone receiving these emails not to respond. In addition to scamming the victims financially, these fraudsters also hope to acquire personal information so that they can steal your identity. Visit http://www.antifraudcentrecentreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm to learn about more scams or read this column next month!

“Speeder of the Month” Let’s start with a dishonourable mention for the 46-year-old St. Paul man who was caught driving 153km/h on Highway 29 in Two Hills County. He was issued a $495 ticket for speeding and a $81 ticket for tinted windows. For some reason he thought it was smart to speed up after seeing one police officer…oops, there was another one just up the road! But the worst offender this month had to be the 29-year-old woman from Goodfish Lake who was stopped for driving 151km/h on Highway 645. If you are going to drive around on a suspended licence (probably not surprising that it was for too many demerits), you probably shouldn’t drive that fast, even if you do need to use the bathroom! She will be making a court appearance on charges of speeding and driving while unauthorized. In addition, her vehicle was towed and impounded for 30 days.

“But officer…” We hear all kinds of excuses for why people engage in bad driving, but this one was new to me: I stopped a lady for speeding and she explained that she was only speeding because she was trying to get her shoe back on by pushing it down on the gas pedal! As she found out, that is an expensive way to get your shoe back on…
We continue to receive many calls for domestic violence and we treat these calls seriously and provide protection and resources to victims of domestic violence. Some people may feel that they can’t call the police, but there are still resources available. One that we can recommend if Capella Centre, based in St. Paul. Their webpage is capellacentre.ca and they can also be reached by phone at 1-800-263-3045.

If you want to see more about what the Two Hills RCMP are up to, check out our Facebook page @TwoHillsRCMP. We are planning to do a Facebook Live event some time in June, so send me a message if there is something that you want us to talk about.

If you have a topic you would like addressed in the next column (no one sent me anything for this one!!), please send me a message at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. I don’t have to mention your name if you’d prefer to have your identity stay confidential.

Until next month, stay safe out there!
Sgt. Robert Daisley, Detachment Commander, Two Hills RCMP