Internet Link To Valuable Story On Canada’s Fentanyl Problem

Thanks to one of our viewers for sharing this link with me. It relates to an article done by McLeans Magazine and covered by CityTV, on the fentanyl problems being faced across Canada. http://www.citynews.ca/2015/06/18/a-deadly-prescription-painkiller-that-is-killing-hundreds-of-canadians/  

Tax Scams

Media Release Thursday, June 18, 2015 Tax Scams Over the last couple of weeks KLPS has had numerous reports of people receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be from the Canada Revenue agency asking for personal information. We would like to remind the public that although tax season is almost at an end, fraudsters […]

Congratulations To The First BRAVO Grads!

Bravo! B.R.A.V.O graduates! Today marks the beginning of graduations for local grade 6 students from the BRAVO (Building Respect, Attitudes and Values with Others). We were very proud to have the students from Alexandra Public School visit us today. They are the first graduates of the program and joined us to celebrate! The students were […]

RIP Police Service Dog “Strike”

Wednesday May 13th, 2015 We Have Lost Retired Police Service Dog Strike Strike – Badge #K9-02 (November 05, 2002 – May 02, 2015) Strike served the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service from September 2004 to May 2011. During his time with the service he was utilized to locate lost or missing persons, track wanted […]

KLPS Lucky To Have Such Great Community Partners

We would like to take a moment to acknowledge some community partners that have stepped up to assist recently. Without their contributions we would not be able to provide some of the services that we do. We would like to acknowledge the contributions of: Hallmark Canada – With the generous contribution of Hallmark Canada Larry […]

The Sky Is The Limit

Sky Dietrich Well On Her Way to Pay It Forward Goal No one will ever be able to say that Sky Dietrich is not a woman of her word. Further to our story of last week (See KLPS Members Chip In To Buy Local Girl A New Bike, April 17th, 2015) and as promised, Sky […]

KLPS Members Chip In To Buy Local Girl New Bike

  Media Release Friday April 17th, 2015   KLPS Members Chip In To Buy Local Girl New Bike As Constable Scott Duffy surfed Facebook this week he read a post about a local 12 year old girl who had her bicycle stolen. Skye Dietrich worked most of last summer so that she could buy herself a […]

The Scam of the Day Returns – The Extortion Scam

Extortion Scams Extortion scams occurring online are increasing. In 2013 the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) received 4,307 reports with 223 of these classified as victims with a total reported dollar loss of $92,174.44. So far in 2014 the CAFC has received 1936 complaints related to an Extortion pitch. 123 are classified as victims with a […]

A Couple of Reminders When It Comes To Lottery Scam Emails

Lottery Emails There has been an ever-growing number of scam lottery emails advising consumers they have hit the jackpot. We ask that you consider the following when you receive a solicitation of this kind. They do not notify winners by email. You cannot win without first buying a lottery ticket They do not randomly select […]

Business Are Not Immune To Being Scammed

Scams Targeting Businesses Wire Frauds One type of wire fraud currently targeting businesses is the Business Executive Scam (BES) which is a type of phishing. The potential victim receives an email that appears to come from their employer’s human resources or technical support department. Fraudsters create email addresses that mimic that of the real departments. […]

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