Pass the vomit bag please. More back-slapping and self congratulatory garbage. So they did the job they were paid to do? How’s the harassment lawsuit proceeding? Can we look forward to the taxpayer being on the hook for any damages, or will the heroes who harassed their colleagues en masse be expected to pony-up.

ah a police hater…
even if there are a few among them that are not so honorable, any job has those….
wonder if he was one of the ones arrested?

Well I would love to hear that there were no impaired drivers arrested, that is not going to happen any time soon so the more that are arrested and convicted the better ….too bad the courts seem treat these crimes as a joke or minor inconvenience…..
To the police I thank you for doing a good job,

Good to see the RCMP out and doing their jobs. Too bad the courts can’t do theirs.

Lyn Hall is giving Mike Morris a run for his money in the photo op department.

ah a police groupie. You know the kind that still believes they always get their man. Tell us bc-(racer? yeah rite). Your presumption is just the kind of garbage that allows them to march around untrained,unchecked and unsupervised. I would stack my driver’s abstract up against anyone’s, that is what makes my point more germane than doe-eyed sheep.
I look forward to some more embarrassing news regarding the national police force, as this was just a timed propaganda op, to shake the bushes of the last couple of clueless supporters.

I must concur with axman. It doesn’t seem there is any further action after the police lay charges. The lawyers get wealthy and the judges go through the motion of slapping wrists. Perhaps if the judges or their families were victims of drunk drivers just maybe they could get it through their thick skulls that drunk drivers should receive very stiff sentences. I was always led to believe that the law was there to protect society not the just those trying to defend their bad choices.

First, I find it amazing they actually catch this many people, because I cycle the area highways, out there for hours at a time, never see a police vehicle – so clearly they are well hidden and working hard behind the scenes.

As for the courts being lazy, here’s a typical day for a judge. He has 4 sentencing hearings, and 2 jail spots available. 2 guys are armed robbery, one is an impaired driver, and one is a shoplifter. So guess who goes to jail, and guess who get’s an ankle bracelet and a stern lecture.

I don’t believe it’s so much judges don’t want to incarcerate people, just if they did to the degree we want them to, we’d be building prisons all the day long and complaining about the taxes to do it. Apparently costs about $275.00 a day to put someone in jail. Now if we want to subcontract it like they do in the states, and have “economically profit driven jails”, I think you’d see a lot more upper middle class and lower middle class getting an opportunity for some face to face time in a confined setting. The conditions would be spartan to say the least, and for sure someone would run to the supreme court and call it cruel and inhuman.

Ok Jimmy Hughes, until someone you know gets killed by an impaired driver or you yourself gets hit, you should just stfu.

This is just cherry picking stats to ensure they can wrap themselves in a cloak of untouchability. What if the overall amount of drivers has increased in seven years, yet the percentage of impaired drivers has remained the same? That would see an increase in the amount of impaired drivers , and of course by extension, more arrests. So what?
Quite frankly I find this notion of keeping tally of them amount of impaired drivers they charge very offensive. Am I the only person who noticed the article avoids the mention of the amount of fatalities some of these charges stemmed from?
There is this notion that all of these qualifying arrests happened at road side stops, and a driver was simply removed from behind the wheel before they could harm themselves or others. How many of these qualifying arrests happened after the carnage, and they happened to be the attending officer?
“…I’m sorry for your loss Mrs. Smith, as a result of an impaired driver, but on the bright-side, it did push me over the top, and allow me to join Alexa’s Team!”

Oh look it the mall security cop chiming in. What’s the matter sparky, you still hopin’ that application to the Depot will be accepted next try?

A big thanks to these folks for keeping us and our kids safe on the road.
For those that hold our peacekeepers in contempt, go call the HA next time you have a problem.

I remember 30 years ago, “Don’t get caught Drinking and Driving”, Now it is don’t drink and drive. Times have changed.

I think it is for the good, to get the drunks from behind the wheels.

I would have to say, all in all, the cops are humans, doing a job. Their job is to catch people breaking the law.

The judges can only do what the law is implied to mean. The Law got screwed up with Trudeau with the charter of rights. Who can change the law. The politicians.

The maximum penalty for impaired driving – first offence, is if by summary conviction – 18 months/$5,000.00 – indictment – 5 years. As I mentioned above, do you want to build more prisons so judges can lock up more impaired drivers, because we simply do not have enough jail room. That’s why mostly we see the minimum sentence imposed – which had the maximum been imposed on say the third strike of the guy who killed those fellows killed on Duffy Lake Rd, they’d be alive today.

tell me Jimmy Hughes how does you comment about letting them march around untrained,unchecked and unsupervised have anything to do with officers doing their job of getting drink drivers off the road…
and as for abstracts… i have 48 clear years on mine and 46 of that with a professional drivers licence..but that has nothing do do with officers doing a good job…they are not abusing anyone, unless you consider them to have abused someone by arresting them.

It sounds very much like you just don’t like the police… and you are entitled to that opinion whatever your reason, I just don’t share your sentiments.