More than 120 charges laid over homecoming weekend

A Waterloo Regional Police cruiser.
A Waterloo Regional Police cruiser.

By CityNews Kitchener Staff

Posted Oct 1, 2024 06:29:01 PM.

Last Updated Oct 1, 2024 06:29:06 PM.

Regional police are releasing the numbers for charges laid during the homecoming weekend and they show a positive tread.

A total of 123 charges we’re laid during the weekend that includes, 46 liquor license control act offences, 45 highway traffic act offences and 7 criminal code offences.

That’s down from 138 charges laid during homecoming last year, marking a 10.9 per cent decrease.

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The charges are part of Project Safe Semester which runs from the end of August to the end of September.

It aims to promote the safety and wellbeing of post-secondary students during the start of the school year.

According to police in total, the project resulted in 543 charges being laid.

A breakdown of the total charges laid during Project Safe Semester.

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