Police across Manitoba are well into their annual Holiday Checkstop Programs. Across the province drivers continue to get behind the wheel after they are impaired. Here are the numbers.
Winnipeg Police Service
Week Three – Friday, December 15 to Thursday, December 21
- A total of 1,328 vehicles were stopped.
- 18 road-side breath tests administered resulting in 4 fails and 3 warns (72 hr DL suspension).
- 4 impaired driving-related arrests, (1 of which was a Drug Impaired Driver)
- 15 tickets were issued.
RCMP
Week Two – December 11, 2017 to December 17, 2017
2306 vehicles checked across Manitoba
Results from both Checkstops and regular patrol include:
- 23 people charged with a Criminal Code Impaired Driving offence (22 alcohol-related and 1 drug-related)
- The highest blood/alcohol reading reported was 230 mgs% (0.230-almost 3x legal limit)
- 10 alcohol-related tiered administrative roadside suspensions
- 476 traffic-related provincial statute (Highway Traffic Act) charges laid (majority for speeding and seatbelt offences) along with 140 warnings for various offences
- 15 Liquor & Gaming Control Act (LGCA) offences
- 4 Other Criminal Code Driving offences
There were no traffic-related fatalities during the second 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
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