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Police continue to catch dozens of impaired drivers during Festive Checkstop Program

Police services across the province are conducting their annual Checkstop programs in an effort to take people who drink and drive off the roads.

Here are the numbers for the second week of the program

Winnipeg Police Service – Week 2 – Friday, December 8 to Thursday, December 14

  • A total of 1,354 vehicles were stopped.
  • 26 road-side breath tests administered resulting in 5 warns and 1 fails.
  • 14 impaired driving-related arrests, (1 of which was a Drug Impaired Driver)
  • 44 tickets were issued.

 

Manitoba RCMP perform Checkstop on rural highway
Manitoba RCMP perform Checkstop on rural highway (Supplied/RCMP)

 

Manitoba RCMP –  Week 1 December 1 to December 10

2383 vehicles checked across Manitoba during 51 Checkstops.

Results from both Checkstops and regular patrols include:

  • 50 people charged with a Criminal Code Impaired Driving offence (all alcohol related)
  • The highest blood/alcohol reading reported was 340 mgs% (0.340-more than 4x legal limit)
  • 23 alcohol-related tiered administrative roadside suspensions
  • 882 traffic-related provincial statute (Highway Traffic Act) charges laid (majority for speeding and seatbelt offences) along with 200 warnings
  • 10 Liquor & Gaming Control Act (LGCA) offences
  • 11 Other Criminal Code Driving Offences

RCMP report that there were no traffic-related fatalities during the first week of the program.

 

 

You have options to avoid becoming a statistic this season:

LINK  |  OPERATION REDNOSE – 204-947-6673 Winnipeg

LINK  |  Winnipeg Transit

LINK  | Selkirk Transit

LINK  | Brandon Transit

Duffy’s Taxi – 204-925-0101

Unicity Taxi – 204-925-3131

Operation Red Nose Selkirk and area  – 204-482-6673

Operation Red Nose Brandon and area –  204-728-6673

Operation Red Nose Portage la Prairie – 204-239-5570

Operation Red Nose Steinbach – 204-424-9555

 

-Staff-

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