The Lethbridge Police Service is continuing its efforts to remove impaired drivers from local roads. (File photo: LNN)

By Justin Goulet

Police enforcement continues to remove impaired drivers from local roads

May 21, 2024 | 2:35 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Members of the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) continued their enforcement efforts aimed at removing impaired drivers from local roads this weekend.

The LPS says officers took one impaired driver off the road, arrested a person wanted on an outstanding warrant and issued 34 tickets during the May long weekend. The enforcement project will continue throughout the summer.

Police say the goal is to create safer roads for all users by targeting speeding, excessive vehicle noise, racing, stunting and other illegal activities in areas in Lethbridge where people have reported concerns. Similar initiatives were done in 2022 and 2023.

The LPS says since 2021, it has received “hundreds of complaints” about loud vehicles and high-risk driving behaviours on and around Mayor Magrath Drive and the Sherring Industrial Park. Although the issues, and subsequent enforcement, are not limited to these areas, police say the vast majority of complaints come from those areas.

Officers will be on local roadways conducting targeted enforcement of the Alberta Traffic Safety Act and Vehicle Equipment Regulations with zero tolerance for violations. The LPS says repeat offenders that have not remedied previously identified and enforced equipment violations could be subject to a seizure of their license plate and vehicle registration. Additionally, the might have their vehicle towed and be required to complete mandatory repairs under Section 66 of the Traffic Safety Act before their vehicle will be allowed back on the road, and their license and registration returned.

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Members of the LPS Traffic Response Unit will be “highly visible” during the targeted projects throughout the year. The community can continue to report concerns at 403-328-4444. The LPS says that public complaints and analysis of traffic data will help to guide police deployment and enforcement efforts.

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