(Embrun, ON) Members of the Ontario Provincial Police S.A.V.E. Unit and Embrun Detachment took to the waterways this weekend on the Nation and Castor Rivers.
Many boaters were intercepted during this initiative. Five charges were laid this weekend pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Shipping Act for no PFD’s, no extinguishers, operating without competency cards. There was one offence related to open alcohol and another operator who had been drinking.
Another 8 persons were warned for other various offences.
Police would like to remind boaters to ensure that they have the proper safety equipment when they are operating vessels on waterways. Police would like to also remind operators that mixing alcohol with watersports is dangerous.