The 2023/24 Festive RIDE campaign in the OPP’s West Region resulted in both increased enforcement and charges.
Across Southwestern Ontario, members of the West Region’s 13 detachments conducted impaired driving checkpoints from November 16, 2023, to January 1, 2024, with a total of 13,197 vehicles passing through.
Overall, there were 353 charges laid for impaired driving, up 75 from the 2022 campaign and 55 warn-range suspensions issued during the 2446 RIDE programs undertaken in the west.
In Elgin, 185 RIDE events were held over the course of the campaign, resulting in 28 impaired driving charges and 2 warn-range suspensions.
This has more than double from 2022, where 11 impaired driving charges were laid across Elgin County.
