STANDOFF- For the first time ever, students and local law enforcement are holding a holiday checkstop on the Blood Reserve. The campaign is not about enforcement, but rather education. Conrad Heavy Shields is a member of Students Against Drinking And Driving, also known as SADD. He says it’s important the members of his community hear their message.
“Do not drink and drive. If something serious ever did happen, injury or death, not only will it affect you, but the victims involved like their families and friends.”
The SADD students, along with Blood Tribe Police and RCMP, stopped cars going through Standoff to share that message.
“It’s important to know that drinking and driving isn’t the way to be, that you could lose your loved one or someone else’s loved one in a matter of seconds,” adds SADD student Teslynn Mountain Horse.
There was approximately a dozen students from the Kainai High School taking part in the checkstop. Sergeant Brian Harmatiuk with the Blood Tribe Police says it’s important the community hears the strong message from its youth.
“These are the teenagers that are coming up and getting their driver’s license, they are the future leaders of the community and having the message come from the students is highly important.”
The SADD program is also using younger children to target potential drunk drivers with its liquor bag campaign. Elementary school students have drawn pictures and written messages on brown paper liquor bags. They will be given out at local liquor outlets in the Fort Macleod area.
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