100 Mile House RCMP responded to 62 calls for service during the past week. Some highlights are as follows:
Proactive enforcement
100 Mile House RCMP and Cariboo-Chilcotin Traffic Services have conducted proactive enforcement in several areas within the Detachment boundaries during the month of April, including the speed zone at the 100 Mile Elementary School, Cariboo Trail in 100 Mile House and Canim-Hendrix Lake Road. Several warnings and violations tickets were issued for a variety of offences.
Further targeted enforcement will be occurring in the month of May at different locations within the Detachment area.
Drinking driver
Early in the morning on April 30, 100 Mile House RCMP were responding to a call in the Lac la Hache area when investigators observed a vehicle travelling north on Highway 97 and the driver of the vehicle was displaying erratic driving behaviour.
The vehicle was stopped near Lac la Hache. The male driver displayed symptoms of liquor consumption. An approved screening device was administered at the scene. The result was a “fail,” and a second test was administered and the result of that was also a “fail.”
The driver was issued a 90-day immediate roadside driving prohibition (IRP). The vehicle was towed and impounded for 30 days.
Vehicle impounded
On April 29, police received a report of a possible impaired driver on Highway 24 east of 100 Mile House.
The suspect vehicle was located by Cariboo-Chilcotin Traffic Services. As the investigator went to stop the suspect vehicle, the driver lost control and the Dodge Ram pick-up truck left the roadway at the intersection of Highway 24 and Holmes Road. The vehicle came to rest in the ditch.
A male driver got out of his vehicle and began to walk away but then stopped and co-operated with investigators. He displayed symptoms of liquor consumption.
An approved screening device was administered at the scene. The result was a “fail.” The driver declined the opportunity to provide a second sample.
The driver was issued a 90-day IRP and his vehicle was towed and impounded for 30 days.
Grand opening
The 100 Mile House RCMP will be hosting a grand opening for the new detachment on May 7.
Parking in the vicinity of the Detachment will be limited, so parking off-site is encouraged, such as the Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO).
A shuttle bus will be available at regular intervals to deliver members of the public to the Detachment from the PSO. The shuttle bus will continue to run back to PSO to return guests to their vehicles.
Seating for the event, which will start at 1 p.m., will be available. The event will end at 4 p.m.
There will be a number of speeches from invited dignitaries, a free buffalo burger lunch and cake to celebrate the occasion.
Detachment personnel will be conducting tours of the building when the ceremonies are complete. ID verification may be required for access to the interior of the building; therefore, guests are encouraged to bring a form of identification.
Please come and help us celebrate the grand opening of our new building.
