{"id":47971,"date":"2024-08-25T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=47971"},"modified":"2024-08-25T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T17:28:55","slug":"police-investigate-reports-of-laser-pointed-at-aircrafts-in-west-hants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=47971","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate reports of laser pointed at aircrafts in West Hants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WINDSOR:<\/strong> West Hants RCMP is investigating multiple incidents of a green laser aimed at aircraft flying over West Hants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between August 16 and 23, West Hants RCMP Detachment received four separate reports of a green laser pointed towards aircraft in the early morning hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The laser is believed to have been coming from the Three Mile Plains and Windsor areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCMP is reminding the public that <a href=\"https:\/\/tc.canada.ca\/en\/aviation\/aviation-security\/use-hand-held-lasers-legally-safely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aiming a laser at an aircraft<\/a> is a criminal offence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Aeronautics Act, any person convicted of intentionally interfering with an aircraft, by using a laser, could face a fine up to $100,000 in fines and\/or up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact West Hants RCMP Detachment at 902-798-2207. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3 Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #\u2019s: 2024-1186168, 2024-1191493, 2024-1227410<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;] WINDSOR: West Hants RCMP is investigating multiple incidents of a green laser aimed at aircraft flying over West Hants. Between August 16 and 23, West Hants RCMP Detachment received four separate reports of a green laser pointed towards aircraft in the early morning hours. The laser is believed to have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[7256,7257,14,1168],"class_list":["post-47971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-aircrafts","tag-laser","tag-rcmp","tag-west-hants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}