Holiday Checkstops

• Winnipeg police, Manitoba RCMP launch annual impaired-driving checkstop campaign

  Manitoba RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service launched their joint holiday checkstop program, which runs throughout December, Friday in Headingley.

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  Dec 1, 2023
  
• Winnipeg police release 2022 holiday checkstop stats

  Over the holiday season, a total of 2,929 vehicles were stopped at police checkstops and about one in six drivers were administered roadside breath tests.

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  Jan 12, 2023
  
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• 9 charges, 65 tickets issued in 1st week of Winnipeg holiday checkstops

  Police said the program, which runs throughout the holiday season, targets drivers impaired by alcohol, cannabis and other drugs.

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  Dec 9, 2021
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• Pandemic or not, Winnipeg police still cracking down on drunk drivers this holiday season

  Police said Friday that officers will be "out in force" throughout the city over the holidays, although they won't be relying on defined checkpoints as they have in past years.

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  Dec 18, 2020
• Reduction in CheckStop program like ‘giving them permission’ to drive drunk, say Winnipeg activists

  Winnipeg police's temporary reduction in the CheckStop program is like giving drunk drivers permission to get behind the wheel impaired, say local activists.

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  Nov 13, 2019
• Heroin found in stolen car at Winnipeg police checkstop

  Police searched two suspects in a stolen vehicle and turned up around $250 in heroin and three more stolen licence plates.

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  Dec 11, 2018
• Edmonton police say impaired driving arrests down in 2016 despite expanded checkstops

  Figures released by the Edmonton Police Service on Wednesday suggest that despite a ramping up of checkstops and other initiatives aimed at catching drunk drivers, impaired driving arrests appeared to decline in 2016.

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  Jan 4, 2017