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RCMP officers conducting check stops in the La Ronge area handed out 144 tickets and 307 warnings over the Family Day long weekend, along with five licence suspensions.
According to the RCMP, Mounties conducted a pair of check stops on Highway 102 from Feb. 13 to 15, stopping 334 vehicles and testing the drivers for impairment.
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“As a result of these checks, police officers issued 144 tickets (the majority of which were for speeding) and 307 warnings,” the RCMP said in a statement.
“They suspended two driver’s licences for alcohol consumption, four driver’s licences for drug consumption, and one driver’s licence for driving over 50 km/h above the speed limit.”
Jason Suave, a staff sergeant with Saskatchewan RCMP traffic services, said the results show that police made the communities safer over the long weekend.
“Highway 102 leads to several northern communities – including Black Lake, Stony Rapids, Fond Du Lac, Wollaston Lake and Stanley Mission – and to the snowmobile poker derby in Grandmother’s Bay that took place that weekend,” Suave said in a statement.
“It’s pretty rewarding to be able to make a difference for travellers and residents of several northern communities at the same time.”
A previous round of check stops in the area saw officers hand out 134 tickets, nine suspensions and a criminal charge after checking 494 drivers for impairment.
