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City police stop 5,327 vehicles, looking for dipsomaniacs

CITY POLICE AND OPP NEWS RELEASES *********************** From November 19 to December 31 the Sault Ste Marie Police Service R.I.D.E.
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CITY POLICE AND OPP NEWS RELEASES

*********************** From November 19 to December 31 the Sault Ste Marie Police Service R.I.D.E. Program stopped 5,327 vehicles, issued 126 roadside screening tests, issued 36 12-hour suspensions, gave 11 persons 90-day suspensions, arrested 11 persons with impaired related offences and charged one person with fail to provide breath sample.

Two of the dates were done jointly with the OPP R.I.D.E. Unit.

The Sault Ste Marie Police Services advise that just because the holiday season is over, the Festive Season R.I.D.E. Program is not.

The Sault Ste Marie Police Service will be conducting several more R.I.D.E program dates this month before it official ends.

As always the public is reminded to not drink and drive.

************************** North East Region meets festive R.I.D.E. targets

Final 2004-05 statistic report (North East Region, Ontario) - The North East Region Festive R.I.D.E. target was met when officers checked over to 71,000 vehicles during the 5-week traffic safety initiative (November 26, 2004 to January 2, 2005).

OPP officers laid 31 impaired driving charges compared to 25 over the same time last year and 41 the year before that.

Fifty-six 12-hour suspensions and twenty-seven 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspensions (ADLS) were issued and officers laid 141 other charges.

There were two fatal collisions in the region during the Festive R.I.D.E. time period in which four people were killed.

Alcohol was not a contributing factor in either of these crashes. The success of North East Region Festive R.I.D.E. initiative depended upon the operational contributions from OPP officers in 14 detachments – a total of 38 work locations.

Four specialized Traffic & Marine Units in North Bay, South Porcupine, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie augmented the enforcement effort of detachments and contributed significantly to the enforcement effort.

As well, the six-member S.A.V.E team – North Bay deployed - supported this traffic safety initiative. "The OPP values the overwhelming public support for frontline officers conducting Festive R.I.D.E checkpoints and we thank those drivers who chose not to drink and drive." states Inspector Mark Andrews, Unit Commander - North East Region Traffic & Marine.

The Ontario Provincial Police reminds motorists that the R.I.D.E. program will continue throughout the year and is not limited to holidays and long weekends.

R.I.D.E. checkpoints could be set up at any place and at any time throughout the year.

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