Impaired Drivers

Three arrests in the past week for drinking and driving related offences has the OPP in Renfrew concerned. Drivers are reminded that impaired driving remains the leading criminal cause of deaths in our Country and the penalties for impaired driving can be expensive and cause severe hardship. When you live in the country where public forms of transportation are limited most people depend on their ability to drive to attend work and make a living. Having a driver’s licence is a privilege not a right. This privilege should be respected and appreciated. Don’t take your driver’s licence for granted. If you depend on it, then respect the rules and laws that go along with it, which includes keeping the alcohol content in your blood system below the legal limit.

On Friday April 18 at 12:20am police responded to a report of an erratic driver on Madawaska Blvd in Arnprior. The suspect vehicle was stopped and the driver found to have been drinking. He failed a roadside alcohol test and was arrested. Following further tests at the detachment Calvin HYSLOP 25 of Arnprior was charged with impaired driving, and driving over 80mgs. He was released on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on May 14. Provincial Constable Carlvin Burgins investigated.

On Saturday April 19 at 7:45pm police were dispatched to a collision in a parking lot on O’Brien Rd in Renfrew. The owner of one of the vehicles, who had been a passenger at the time of the collision, drove his vehicle away prior to police arrival. He returned a short time later and police discovered he had been drinking. He failed a roadside alcohol test and was arrested. After further testing at the detachment George BUFFAM 49 of Ottawa was charged with driving over 80mgs. He was released on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on June 11. Provincial Constable Bernie Dikih investigated.

On Wednesday April 23 at 12:23am police were patrolling in Arnprior when they stopped a vehicle for failing to stop at a stop sign. Further investigation revealed the male driver had been drinking. He failed a roadside alcohol screening test and was arrested. After further tests at the detachment Collin DESPRES 30 of McNab/Braeside Township was charged with driving over 80mgs, driving a motor vehicle with open alcohol and failing to stop at a stop sign. He was released on a promise to appear in court in Renfrew on May 14. Provincial Constable Walid Kandar investigated.

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