Operation Impact uncovered many offences
A busy long weekend for RCMP around the territory led to contact with nearly 500 people.
A busy long weekend for RCMP around the territory led to contact with nearly 500 people.
Cpl. Shawn Pollard, the head of the Yukon’s traffic services division, said 495 people interacted with the police, receiving either a warning, a ticket or a criminal charge during the four-day Operation Impact.
Of those charged, nine people were picked up for suspected impaired driving. Some are facing more than just an impaired driving charge.
“A loaded handgun was found with one of those drivers,” Pollard said. “It was an unregistered, unlawful possession.”
At a vehicle stop in Porter Creek, one driver got out of his car and ran from police.
He was caught, then tried to give police a fake name.
He is now facing an obstruction charge to go along with his impaired driving accusation.
Other tickets and charges handed out over the long weekend including 14 for insurance violations, a handful of seatbelt violations and a few drug-related charges thanks to Roxy, the Yukon RCMP’s police service dog, Pollard said.
Twenty-two vehicles were impounded in Whitehorse alone.
The high numbers do not mean success for Pollard.
“Success is if we didn’t have to charge or talk to anyone,” the veteran officer said. “But we worked hard.”
Just because the long weekend blitz is over, doesn’t mean his officers are less focused on keeping the roads safe.
“It’s not something that last only four days,” he said
Thursday. “It’s not over tomorrow; in fact, we’ll be out tomorrow.”
Stan Rogers
Oct 12, 2012 at 10:40 pm
At 1-2am on a Sunday morning in the winter or the same time in the summer why not stake out a few skidoo or ATV trails.
Bet about 20-30% of the people stopped will be impaired.