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Road Safety – Our Shared Commitment and Festive RIDE Results

As we close another Festive Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) season and move into 2026, our message remains clear: impaired driving is a criminal choice, one that puts lives at risk and threatens the safety of everyone in our community.

From November 26 to January 1, members of our Integrated Traffic Safety Unit (ITSU) and Patrol Operations conducted the annual Festive RIDE campaign.

During this period:

• 2,172 vehicles were checked
• 50 Approved Screening Device demands were made
• 339 Mandatory...

CRU officers seize over $3,400 in illicit drugs after executing arrest warrant downtown

At 2:05 p.m. on January 3, 2026, members of the Community Response Unit (CRU) were conducting a proactive patrol in the downtown core when they saw an individual who was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for breach of a conditional sentence.

The officers arrested the individual without incident and upon searching the individual, incident to arrest, located 20 grams of what is believed to be Crystal Methamphetamine, 25 grams of what is believed to be Crack Cocaine, 3.1 grams of what is...

Multiple impaired-related incidents during festive RIDE checks

On December 26 and 27, members of our Integrated Traffic Safety Unit (ITSU) and Patrol Operations conducted Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checks as part of our Festive Campaign. Several notable incidents occurred, resulting in arrests and one fail-to-stop at a RIDE check, the fourth fail-to-stop incident since the campaign launched in November.

Incident #1

On December 26, 2025, an off-duty officer observed a vehicle being driven erratically while on his way to work. The off-duty...

Detectives investigating homicide on MR55 after person welfare check

Just before 7:00 a.m. today, December 22, 2025, officers were dispatched to a person welfare check on Municipal Road 55 in Walden. Information provided was that a loved one had concerns about the well-being of a community member due to ongoing issues with a family member.

Officers arrived on scene and entered the residence due to the safety concerns for the community member as the family member was present at the residence and in an agitated state.

Unfortunately, officers located the 67-year-old,...

ITSU officers arrest and charge two drivers for alcohol related offences

Incident #1

Just before 10:45 p.m. on December 19, 2025, members of the Integrated Traffic Safety Unit (ITSU) and Patrol Operations were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check on Municipal Road 80 in Val Caron, when officers witnessed a vehicle turn around prior to reaching the check point to avoid police.

Officers conducted a traffic stop with the motor vehicle and determined the driver to be a prohibited driver related to three separate suspensions including two impaired...