By CHIEF ROBERT DUTTCHEN, Corman Park Police Service
Shortly before midnight on August 10, a Corman Park Police Service (CPPS) member observed a vehicle on Highway 16 near Boychuk Drive that matched a Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) broadcast for a vehicle possibly involved in a hit and run within the city. A traffic stop was initiated and SPS attended to conduct their investigation. CPPS locating this vehicle allowed SPS to complete the hit and run investigation and conclude the matter. This is one of the many ways that real-time information sharing with partner agencies allows police services to exponentially increase their effectiveness, and it is one of the many aspects of our relationship with SPS that CPPS values.
On August 11, in the early morning hours, a CPPS officer stopped a vehicle on Highway 12 in the vicinity of Township Road 380 regarding their manner of driving. The driver provided a false name, but the driver’s real identity was revealed using police computer systems. Having defeated the deception, the driver was arrested on an SPS warrant and charged with equipment violations, driving while suspended, and making false statements to police. The vehicle they had been operating was seized for thirty days. At the direction of SPS, the suspect was released from the scene on a promise to appear in court related to the outstanding warrant.
Later that same evening, CPPS stopped a vehicle on Highway 7 in the vicinity of Highway 60 because the vehicle had no licence plate. At the roadside, the CPPS officer detected the odour of beverage alcohol on the driver’s breath. As a result, a demand for an approved screening device (ASD) sample was made. The ASD returned an ‘Alert’ result, which led to a twenty-one-day licence suspension and the vehicle being impounded for seven days. As the driver was able to care for himself, he was released at the scene.
Around the dinner hour on August 15, a CPPS member on patrol observed a vehicle departing a known drug house. A traffic stop was initiated. The driver was the subject of two outstanding warrants for animals at large (a dog and a goat). At the roadside, the officer observed signs of drug impairment. An oral fluid screening demand was made and returned a positive result for cocaine. As a result, the vehicle was impounded for sixty days and the driver was issued a one-hundred-and-twenty-day licence suspension.