RIDE Check

• Peterborough police arrest impaired driver during RIDE check on New Year’s Eve

  Police from Sunday to New Year's Monday checked 835 vehicles, which saw one impaired arrest and two warnings issued.

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  Jan 2
  
• OPP busy with weekend impaired driving arrests in Peterborough County

  OPP say in one incident, a high-speed vehicle nearly rear-ended a police cruiser on patrol on Keene Road in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township.

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  Nov 27, 2023
  
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• Drugs, bear spray seized during RIDE check in City of Kawartha Lakes: OPP

  Police say officers identified a prohibited driver at a checkpoint and he was arrested. OPP also seized quantities of ecstasy, methamphetamine and bear spray.

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  Sep 21, 2023
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• 1 impaired arrest during St. Patrick’s Day RIDE checks in Peterborough: police

  Hundreds of vehicles were checked, leading to one impaired driving arrest, during RIDE checks conducted by police in Peterborough on the St. Patrick's Day weekend.

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  Mar 20, 2023
• 2 weekend arrests for impaired driving in Douro-Dummer Township: Peterborough County OPP

  OPP say in one incident, officers responded to reports of a driver asleep in their vehicle on Nassau Road.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2023
• Alleged impaired driver crashes into cruiser setting up for RIDE check in Caledon: police

  An alleged impaired driver was arrested after crashing into a police cruiser that was setting up for a RIDE check in Caledon on Saturday, police say. 

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  Dec 18, 2022
• Peterborough man charged with impaired driving after attempts to avoid RIDE check: police

  Police say officers saw a vehicle slow down prior to reaching a RIDE checkpoint and then turn onto a side street.

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  Dec 5, 2022
• Peterborough County OPP afternoon RIDE check nabs impaired driver

  OPP were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere check along Woodland Drive in Selwyn Township on Wednesday afternoon.

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  Nov 17, 2022
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• Impaired driving arrest made during RIDE program in Lindsay: police

  In a tweet around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday, police said the first vehicle stopped for the RIDE spot check led to an impaired driving arrest.

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  Apr 27, 2022
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• Man charged after hand-drawn licence plate discovered during Vaughan RIDE check: police

  A man has been charged after a hand-drawn licence plate was discovered during a RIDE check in Vaughan early Friday, police say. 

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  Feb 11, 2022