Another Caller Helps Get A Drunk Driver Off The Road

(ORILLIA, ON) – On Friday July 3, 2015, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an officer from the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possibly impaired female who was operating a motor on Colborne Street in the City of Orillia. The female was observed by an alert member of the public as she exited her vehicle and used a pay phone in the area.

Dawn PHILLIPS, 52-years of age of Orillia, Ontario was arrested and has been charged with:

Impaired Driving

Driving with more than 80mg of alcohol in her blood.

She is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice located in Orillia on August 11, 2015.

The OPP wish to thank the citizen who contacted the OPP as their quick thinking actions are proof that when the public and the police work together that this form of engagement can have a positive impact on the community and aid in making our roads safer for all those who use them.

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