By CHIEF RON CHOMYN, Corman Park Police Service
Corman Park Police Service will be conducting multiple impaired driving check stops throughout the holiday season.
Injuries and deaths resulting from impaired driving are 100% preventable.
Please plan a safe ride home through friends, taxis, ride shares, public transit and by walking.
“Our message has always been the same. I can assure you that officers throughout the RM of Corman Park will be actively searching for and being aware of potential impaired drivers.
Penalties for impaired driving range from a three day to a 120-day immediate driving prohibition, vehicle impoundments, fines and potential charges under the Criminal Code of Canada.
Driving impaired is a crime. And it’s dangerous. Impaired driving is still responsible for more deaths on Saskatchewan roads than any other factor. Just don’t do it…. make the right choice.
INCIDENTS OF NOTE
On November 12, at 12:15 a.m., CPPS conducted a traffic stop on a white GMC Sierra travelling west on Highway 16 and Township Road 384. The passenger provided a false name and eventually found to have multiple warrants out of Warman RCMP detachment for breaching release order. The passenger was arrested on the outstanding warrants and also charged with breaching his release order and obstruction of a police officer.; and was transported to Saskatoon RCMP detachment where he was fingerprinted and held for court in the morning.
On November 22 at 11:50 p.m., CPPS did arrest a female for being intoxicated in public after locating her laying in the middle of the intersection of Township Road 352 and Range Road 3065. She was subsequently transported to the Saskatoon RCMP Detachment where she was lodged in cells to be released the following morning once sober.
On November 26 RCMP DOCC aired a call of an airplane reporting an emergency landing on Range Road 3091 and between Township Road 391 and Township Road 392. There were two occupants on the plane and no injuries reported. Langham fire was dispatched to the scene. A CPPS Officer was close and attended to the scene. The plane was now in the ditch after landing on the RR 3091. The pilot advised that the plane grabbed too much of the side of the road and was pulled into the ditch. The initial cause appears to be that the plane’s engine had frozen up and lost power.
On November 3 around 1:45 a.m., a young male was driving eastbound on Chennels Road and lost control in the gravel, resulting in the vehicle rolling and landing on its roof in the north ditch. There were no injuries, and he was able to unbuckle and crawl out the back door of the vehicle.
On November 28 at approximately 9:24 a.m., RCMP Traffic Services attempted to stop a grey SUV, travelling at 168 kilometers per hour on Highway 16 eastbound near the Borden Bridge. RCMP lost sight of the vehicle, and then came across it with a female standing outside. The female indicated that the driver was picked up in a white van and was travelling towards Saskatoon. CPPS observed a white Dodge Caravan stopped on Highway 16 near Borden Bridge. The driver provided a statement confirming that the female that police had in custody was the driver and only person in the SUV when it came to a stop. She faces Dangerous Driving and Flight from Police charges.
On November 27 at 2:05 p.m., a CPPS Officer did arrest an adult male on a Canada wide warrant for breach of statutory release, stemming from a traffic stop on Range Road 3062 out front of Buck’s Auto. He was transported to the Saskatoon RCMP Detachment where he was booked into custody and held, until arrangements could be made to have him returned to the Prince Albert Penitentiary to finish out his sentence.