The City of Brandon will be lowering the flags to half-mast to honour the 215 children whose lives were lost at the former residential school in Kamloops, BC, the survivors, their families, and all those who never made it home. The flags will be lowered tomorrow, Monday, May 31, 2021. (City of Brandon PSA)

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release At approx. 11:05 PM Saturday, police received a call of a possible impaired driver.  The vehicle was located in the 400 block of 26th St and a vehicle stop was conducted.  The driver, a 21-year-old Brandon female, displayed obvious signs of impairment at the time of the stop and she was arrested.  She later provided two samples of her breathe which resulted in readings in excess of twice the legal limit.  She has been released from custody and will appear in court on Sept 2.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On March 27, 2021 at approx. 10:30 PM, police were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Balmoral Bay.  A vehicle had collided with a parked vehicle at that location, and the 19-year-old male driver was injured.  Upon arrival by police, the injured driver appeared to be highly intoxicated. He was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment of what turned out to be non-life threatening injures, sustained in the crash.  Due to the physical state of the driver, a blood sample was seized rather than a breath sample.  Those samples were analyzed, which resulted in blood alcohol readings nearly three times the legal limit.  On Friday, police arrested the driver, now 20 years of age and have charged him with impaired driving, and drive over .08.  He will appear in court on Sept 2, 2021.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On May 26, 2021, police responded to a report of the theft of identification and credit cards from a vehicle in the 1300 block of 26th street.  Following the theft, the suspect used a credit card at two businesses.  On May 27, 2021, police conducted a vehicle stop in the 700 block of 10th street.  The driver was found to be disqualified from operating a motor vehicle.  In his possession was the stolen ID from the previous day.  Further investigation also revealed that the 34-year-old male suspect was responsible for using the stolen credit cards at the businesses.  The male was later released to appear in court on August 19, 2021 on charges of Possess Property Obtained by Crime and Fraud Use of Credit Card.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On May 27, 2021, police responded to a report of a Break and Enter to a business in the 700 block of 17th street.  Suspects gained entry to a construction trailer by forcing the door overnight.  Stolen was a significant amount of tools valued well over $10,000. Anyone with information regarding this B&E is encouraged to contact Brandon Police Service at 204-729-2345 or https://www.brandon.ca/police-contact/police-contact.