After close to 28 years as part of the Regina Police Service, Chief Evan Bray will be handing in his gun and badge. Bray announced earlier this year that it “felt like a good time” to retire. With June 30th marking his retirement, 620 CKRM sat down with Bray to discuss his nearly three-decade-long career. […]
At a young age, Regina Police Chief Evan Bray knew that his calling was to be a police officer, more specifically with the RCMP. “I wanted to be a cop since I was five. Literally, my whole life all I wanted to be was a police officer,” says Bray. When Bray finished high school he […]
Regina Chief of Police Evan Bray made a big announcement via twitter this morning. The Chief announced on Twitter that he is retiring. “Yesterday, I announced to the Board my intention to retire. Being Regina’s Chief of Police has been the biggest honour of my professional life! I truly value the friendships and relationships I […]
A report of a suspect vehicle in Saskatchewan’s capital hours after a stabbing rampage on a First Nation some 300 kilometres away suddenly pulled city officers into the investigation and kept residents on edge for days. The sighting “swiftly brought us into the unexpected storm,” Regina police Chief Evan Bray would later say in an […]
Canada’s police chiefs are urging the federal government not to rely on resource-strapped police forces to carry out a planned gun buyback. The Liberal government banned some 1,500 models and variants of firearms, including the AR-15 and Ruger Mini-14, through an order-in-council in May 2020 on the grounds they have no place in hunting or […]
The Regina Police Service is preserving a moment in a time with a time capsule. The capsule was placed in the wall of the RPS new headquarters and is set to be completed next year. Over 20 items were placed in the capsule, including a letter from Police Cheif Evan Bray. “I spoke about the […]
Last year the City of Regina saw its number of overdoses and related deaths skyrocket; however, in 2022, those numbers are down. So far this year, the Regina Police Service has reported 126 overdoses with six apparent deaths. In 2021, Regina saw over 1,800 overdoses and 160 overdose deaths. Cheif Evan Bray said that though […]
With 2021 all wrapped up, Regina Police Cheif Evan Bray looked back at the year that was. For Bray, COVID once again provided new challenges for the Regina Police Service (RPS), and though it wasn’t easy, he feels the RPS has done a good job handling COVID. “It’s has been tough on frontline personal, not […]
Regina police chief Evan Bray says there is no need for a handgun ban to be established in the city. Speaking this week at a Board of Police Commissioners meeting, Bray said it is the opinion of the Regina Police Service that doing that wouldn’t accomplish much when it comes to reducing crime.. “Predominantly, firearm-related […]
In the first month of 2021, Regina Police Chief Evan Bray says members have been on scene for 29 overdoses with the amount of overdoses reported to emergency services to this date around 260 meaning four or five are being reported each day. During a Board of Police Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Bray says when it […]
