Halifax Regional Police have seized a vehicle and issued a ticket after finding a person violating the province’s emergency measures act in Point Pleasant Park on Sunday.
Nova Scotia’s parks and beaches are closed to the public under the province’s emergency measures act in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Halifax Regional Police (HRP) say at 1:12 p.m., officers were patrolling Point Pleasant Park when they located an unoccupied Toyota Yaris the park.
At approximately 1:53 p.m., a police service dog and handler located a 44-year-old woman on the shoreline of the park.
The woman, who is the owner of the vehicle, was determined to be violating the emergency measures act.
As a result, officers seized the vehicle and the woman was issued a summary ticket for failing to comply with the act.
The fine associated with the ticket is $697.50.
HRP are reminding residents to educate themselves on the restrictions under the act and to be mindful of the “unprecedented COVID-19 crisis we are facing as a community.”
They say they thank the “vast majority” of citizens who are complying with the rules.
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