• • A total of 1,516 vehicles were stopped.
  • 26 road-side breath tests administered resulting in 5 warns and 2 fails.
  • 14 impaired driving-related arrests, plus 2 other arrests.
  • 38 tickets were issued.

According to police impaired driving is the number one criminal cause of death in Canada and it is 100% preventable.

[jaw_quote author=”Inspector Ed Moreland – Manitoba RCMP” ]In the past decade, there has not been a single year when someone has not died on our road during the holiday.[/jaw_quote][jaw_clear]

The RCMP also put out numbers for outside the city for the first three days and are concerned with the high rates of impaired driving they are seeing so early in the program.

“It’s only week one of our Checkstop and we’re already seeing high numbers of intoxicated drivers behind the wheel. Be assured that our officers will be out in full force over the holidays to stop and arrest any driver that decides to drive impaired,” said Inspector Ed Moreland, Officer in Charge of Manitoba RCMP Traffic Services. “We need Manitobans to plan ahead for a safe ride home to avoid serious, and even fatal, consequences.”

Week 1 in Manitoba (December 1 to December 3) – not including Winnipeg

21 people were charged with Impaired Driving and six alcohol-related tiered suspensions were issued.