NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) West Region laid nearly 300 impaired driving charges during the 2024/25 OPP Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign.
The 2024/25 Festive RIDE campaign ran between Nov. 21 and Wednesday. In that time, OPP West Region officers conducted 1,938 RIDE check events across 13 West Region detachments, with the following results:
292 impaired driving charges.
19 warn-range suspensions.
Last year, officers laid 353 impaired charges and 55 warn-range suspensions following 2446 RIDE check events during the 2023/24 OPP West Region Festive RIDE campaign.
Detachment-specific figures are available in the attached document.
The Festive RIDE campaign is an annual police enforcement and education initiative aimed at taking impaired drivers off Ontario roads during the holiday season.
The OPP remains committed to taking alcohol/drug-impaired drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education. If you suspect that someone is driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, it is important to call 9-1-1 to report it.
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