Nearly three months later, there’s no reduction in curfew tickets in Montreal

Montreal police have announced that they received 608 calls from March 22 to 28 regarding COVID-19 public health measures and violations. This is an increase in the number of calls from the previous week, which were 511 (+97). The SPVM also confirmed that Montreal police handed out 431 tickets, the same number as the previous week, including 319 (+89) for breaking curfew. 

Last week saw in an increase of curfew tickets by almost 40% from the previous week. 319 is the highest number of curfew tickets since January, when the province-wide curfew first began. Since the curfew time was changed from 8 to 9:30 p.m., ticketing has only increased. Fines range from $1,000 to $6,000.

Consult the table below for the Montreal police COVID-19 statistics on calls made to the police, total pandemic infractions and curfew tickets since they have been publicly disclosed by the SPVM:

Week ending	Calls made to Montreal police	Total tickets for pandemic infractions	Curfew tickets
March 28	608	431	319
March 21	511	431	230
March 14	421	516	230
March 7	383	372	263
Feb. 28	357	552	332
Feb. 21	382	450	298
Feb. 14	428	477	280
Feb. 7	448	586	219
Jan. 31	536	699	323
Jan. 24	545	773	396
Jan. 17	760	583	353
Jan. 11	800	297	185
Jan. 3	903	305	—
Dec. 27	693	34	—
Dec. 20	530	353
Dec. 13	587	74
Dec. 6	410	177
Nov. 29	365	82
Nov. 22	365	71
Nov. 15	545	106
Nov. 8	589	179
Nov. 1	470	58
Oct. 25	557	105
Oct. 18	600	109
Oct. 11	765	28

Données #COVID19 | Du 22 au 28 mars, le #SPVM a reçu 608 appels en lien avec l'application du décret de la Santé publique. Les policiers ont remis 431 constats ou RIG et, de ce nombre, 319 ont été émis pour le non-respect du couvre-feu. pic.twitter.com/9nkEF7rWhn

— Police Montréal (@SPVM) March 29, 2021

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