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OPP WEST REGION FESTIVE RIDE WRAP-UP
(LONDON, ON) - Members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) West Region laid nearly 300 impaired driving charges during the 2024/25 OPP Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign
The 2024/25 Festive RIDE campaign ran between November 21, 2024, and January 1, 2025. In that time, OPP West Region officers conducted 1,938 RIDE check events across 13 West Region detachments, with the following results:
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· 292 impaired driving charges.
19 warn-range suspensions
Last year, officers laid 353 impaired charges and 55 warn-range suspensions following 2446 RIDE check events during the 2023/24 OPP West Region Festive RIDE campaign.
Detachment-specific figures are available in the attached document.
The Festive RIDE campaign is an annual police enforcement and education initiative aimed at taking impaired drivers off Ontario roads during the holiday season.
The OPP remains committed to taking alcohol/drugimpaired drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education If you suspect that someone is driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, it is important to call 9-1-1 to report it.
