Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) completed its fifth week of the 2025 Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 1,500 vehicles (2,300+ in 2024) and charging 14 drivers with impaired driving offenses.
A total of 21 charges of impaired, exceed, and or refuse breath test were laid, said the police.
Officers conducted checks across the region with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2024 week five totals for comparison):
- Vehicles stopped: 1542 (2323)
- People given Roadside Breath Tests 95 (218)
- People received three-day suspensions for registering a warn: 6 (15)
- Novice driver received a 3, 7, or 30 license suspension: 3 (3)
- People charged with Impaired Driving Offenses: 14 (21)
- Impaired/Exceed/ Refuse charged laid: 21 (31)
- Other Criminal Code Charges: 11 (18)
- Charged with various Highway Traffic Act offenses: 140 (171)
- Drug Offenses: 1 (2)
This week the team worked in partnership with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Durham, as well the Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division, and DRPS auxiliary constables, stopping more than 1,500 drivers across the Region of Durham.
They would like to thank all of the citizens who called police when they observed and suspected a driver of being impaired. Many of these calls led to charges and in impaired driver being taken off the road. This is a prime example of how it takes the entire community working together to improve the safety of our roadways, police said.
A list of those charged can be found at www.drps.ca under RIDE Results.