In the context of a protest against government intervention, Larkin said, officers are also wary of whether breaking up a gathering could make people more agitated. To send police into the middle of the crowd to take action could potentially create further issues, he said, noting protests may have seniors and children around. It could create further incitement, it could also put the members at risk, it could put other people who are there lawfully and peacefully participating in the protest at risk. Charges will be laid
Still, Larkin said that doesn t mean police are doing nothing. In all of the protests I can tell you that if charges have not been laid, charges will be laid, he said.
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Police to investigate verbal attack on Kitchener TV reporter
Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin says he has asked investigators to contact a CTV Kitchener reporter who had a vulgar insult yelled at her while she was working.
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Posted: Jan 19, 2021 1:34 PM ET | Last Updated: January 20
CTV Kitchener Krista Sharpe had a vulgar insult hurled at her from someone in a white car while she recorded a report in downtown Kitchener Monday.(Krista Sharpe/@KristajSharpe/Twitter)
Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin says he has requested officers investigate a vulgar insult that was directed at CTV Kitchener reporter Krista Sharpe while she was recording a report in downtown Kitchener on Monday.
COVID-19 cases continue to climb as region comes under stay-at-home order
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As the province’s new state of emergency comes into effect, the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Waterloo Region. The impact of the stay-at-home order will likely take at least a couple of weeks to determine.
As of today (Friday), there were 1,045 active cases of Sars-COV2, bringing the cumulative total throughout the pandemic to 8,088. Of those, 6,862 cases have been resolved (84.8 per cent). There have been 179 fatalities linked to the virus.
“These indicators show that our situation locally is quite serious. In the coming weeks, we will see trends provincial measures in our own individual actions are working to bring COVID-19 under control,” said medical officer of health Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang during Friday’s weekly community update.