Numbers increasing in holiday RIDE campaign

December 18, 2015 · 0 Comments

During the week ending Dec. 13, officers from the Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Team and Patrol Officers from Caledon OPP conducted 36 RIDE spot checks at various locations within town.
The activity saw 45 drivers submit samples of their breath into screening devices and pass. There were six motorists who drew three-day licence suspensions and two more who saw their licences suspended for seven days.
In addition, five people were charged. They included a 30-year-old man from New Lowell who was charged Dec. 6 with impaired operation of a motor vehicle, refusing to provide a breath sample, resisting a peace officer and assault with intent to resist arrest; a 50-year-old resident of Caledon who was charged Dec. 9 with driving with more then the legal limit of alcohol; a 24-year-old Caledon resident who was also charged Dec. 11 with driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol; a 54-year-old Brampton man who was charged Dec. 12 with impaired operation and driving with more than the legal limit; and a 36-year-old man from Brampton who was charged Dec. 13 with driving with more than the legal limit.
The previous week, ending Dec. 6, saw additional charges.
Police conducted 27 spot checks.
The people charged included a 22-year-old woman from Caledon Nov. 30, who was charged with impaired operation and driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol; and a 34-year-old man from Brampton who faces the same charges from a Dec. 6 stop.
There were 26 people asked to supply a sample of their breath who passed the test, and two divers had their licences suspended for three days for marginal impairment.