4500 Vehicles Checked Over 3 Days by Sask RCMP
From Tuesday July 11 to Thursday July 13, 2023, the Saskatchewan RCMP checked approximately 4500 vehicles on Highway #11 by Chamberlain, Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan RCMP Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) partnered with officers from Saskatchewan Highway Patrol of the Provincial Protective Services (PPS) Branch to conduct the traffic initiative. The focus for police officers was removing impaired drivers, unsafe vehicles and vehicles towing recreational items (ex. campers, trailers and boats) improperly from Saskatchewan roads.
Here’s what was located:
40 driver’s licence suspensions for being impaired by cannabis
1 driver’s licence suspension for being impaired by cocaine
1 driver’s licence suspension for being impaired by alcohol
7 tickets for cell phone use while driving
17 tickets for seatbelt offences (ex. not wearing a seatbelts, child not in a approved car seat)
9 tickets for driving an unregistered vehicle
4 tickets for possessing or consuming cannabis in a vehicle
189 tickets were issued for various other offences (ex. speeding, vehicle equipment violations)
13 vehicle inspections were issued
4 drivers located with current licence suspensions
31 vehicles taken out of service for various infractions (ex. no trailer brakes/signal lights, no safety chains on a trailer)
2 drivers were arrested in relation to outstanding warrants
3 drivers were driving without valid licence
3 people charged under the Tobacco Act – one driver had over 10,000 cigarettes in the vehicle
898 warnings were issued
*These violations and tickets were identified/issued between 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday and 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday/Thursday.
42 vehicles were impounded for impaired driving at the dedicated traffic stop on Highway 11 this week. The Saskatchewan RCMP has seen an increasing number of licence suspensions, specifically for cannabis use.