Impaired driving incidents troubling for M.L. RCMP
This past weekend’s news of several serious incidents of impaired driving in Meadow Lake is a trend that is both discouraging and frustrating to local police, according to Sgt. Ryan How.
He said impaired driving is a serious and ongoing issue in the region. Last weekend, six people were injured in one incident, a man was struck in another, and the driver in the third case had a blood alcohol reading of .32 – four times the legal limit.
“From a policing perspective and living in Meadow Lake, it’s infuriating to see this still going on,” How said. “Our members are extremely busy here, they would love to be out patrolling as much as possible to try and mitigate this and get the message out, but it’s far beyond education at this point – everybody knows the consequences, from legal implications to potentially being fatal.”
As for high risk areas in the region, How said that anywhere outside of the city core is a challenge to patrol.