Wingham Free Press
(WOLFE ISLAND, ON) – A weekend traffic initiative, including RIDE programs, on Wolfe Island, has resulted in multiple charges including one driver who was charged with impaired. On Saturday, September 6, 2025, members of the East Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME)Team spent several hours on Wolfe Island. They conducted two RIDE programs, checking a total […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking information after two individuals fled from a RIDE program on Tuesday night in Bracebridge. On March 25, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. officers from the Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) team were proactively conducting a RIDE program on Ecclestone Drive in Bracebridge. A black Cadillac […]
(CENTRE HASTINGS, ON) – The Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid an impaired driving charge and other charges at Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs. On Thursday, December 26, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., Central Hastings OPP officers were conducting a RIDE at Cordova Road in the Municipality of Marmora and […]
DRPS completed its fifth week of the 2024 Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 2,300 vehicles and charging 21 drivers with impaired driving offences. More than 200 drivers were given roadside breath tests. Durham Regional officers conducted RIDE checks throughout the Region with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2023 week five totals […]
On Monday, December 16th, 2024, members of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) conducted R.I.D.E. spot checks in the cities of St.Catharines and Niagara Falls. Throughout the night, officers stopped approximately 500 vehicles and inquired if any of the drivers had consumed any alcohol or drugs earlier in the evening. In total, 15 drivers were […]
Members of the Guelph Police Service participated in a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) event Saturday evening. Approximately 550 motorists were stopped and checked for sobriety. Twelve roadside tests were conducted on drivers who had been drinking, resulting in two three-day driver’s licence suspensions for motorists who registered a ‘warn’ on the roadside device. Such […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 2024 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign commenced on November 21, 2024, and will continue until January 1, 2025. During the third week of the campaign from December 5 to December 11, 2024, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP conducted 12 RIDE checks throughout […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged two drivers with impaired related charges. On June 12, 2024, just after 2:00 p.m., an officer was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 400 North in the Township of Springwater when a vehicle obviously travelling above the posted limit of 100 […]