Drunks in public places
Summer is here and Clearwater RCMP has received a cornucopia of reports regarding intoxicated people roaming the streets of Clearwater.
One of these incidents involved an intoxicated male who was seen inebriated near the Highway 5 and Clearwater Village Road. The complainant and Clearwater RCMP made patrols to attempt to locate the individual. However, the search was unsuccessful.
A second call was received two hours later regarding the same individual, who was now staggering up Clearwater Village Road near the firehall. Police made several patrols in the area and the surrounding neighborhoods but the male could not be found.
The following day, Clearwater RCMP received a report from a concerned citizen that a drunk male was down at the beach of Dutch Lake Park. Police located the male and arrested him for being intoxicated in a public place. Police kept the male in cells for the majority of the day until he was sober. He was then driven home.
Erratic drivers galore
As mentioned above it's summertime and because it's summer, the highways have turned into race tracks.
Clearwater RCMP has received several complaints of erratic drivers speeding, not keeping in their lanes and passing when it's not safe to do so.
Clearwater RCMP remind the public that it is extremely helpful to provide a license plate when calling in an erratic driver. Police can prepare and organize a response to the identified vehicle and even speak with the registered owner about the incident afterward.
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So what is the RCMP’s response to above mentioned problems as well as the combination of the two? Large organized traffic enforcement.
Over the weekend Central Interior Traffic Services conducted several road checks and traffic stops looking for traffic infractions and impaired driving.
On June 21, Traffic Services served one driver with a 90 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) as well as a seat belt violation ticket.
The following day, road checks were conducted on Highway 24 that resulted in one 90-day IRP, a three-day IRP, a 24-hour prohibition for drugs, one drug seizure and nine open liquor violation tickets.
On June 25 local members partnered with Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement and executed several traffic stops and road checks. These resulted in numerous notices and orders to remedy minor vehicle defects to a multitude of different vehicles.