The chief of the Lethbridge police says while only two officers were sanctioned, the burden falls on the entire service.

The agreed statement said Woronuk told Carrier he would "hate to see Phillips drive away from the restaurant and there was a reason to stop her."

A government study warns that off-highway vehicles have become the main source of human impact in a large park planned for Alberta's southern Rocky Mountain foothills and threaten the area's fragile environment.