Friday, May 08, 2009

Enforcement Pays Off

Betty Selin - Vernon 105.7 SUNFM:
Vernon RCMP say their stepped up enforcement is already paying off. Police Spokesperson, Gord Molendyk says in the first three months of the year, impaired driving charges are up 64 per cent, but they don't think that means more people are driving drunk, just getting caught because of increased enforcement. Accidents are down 53 per cent. The unit has also been writing more tickets. Molendyk says in the first quarter of last year they wrote 147 tickets, this year it was 546 and part of the money generated will come back to the community.


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