NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE
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On Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, the Niagara Regional Police conducted a R.I.D.E. checkpoint on King Street in the Town of Beamsville and on Division Street in the City of Welland.
Between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 2 a.m., officers stopped over 400 vehicles and conducted 19 roadside tests.
As a result of the R.I.D.E check one person received a three-day licence suspension, six provincial notices were issued and one vehicle was removed from the road as it was unfit.
The Niagara Regional Police Service remain committed to reducing impaired driving offences through education and the apprehension of offenders through enforcement programs like R.I.D.E. Impaired driving is still the leading criminal offence causing deaths in Canada.
This initiative has been made possible, in part, as a result of grant funding from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services as part of the Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) program.
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