CRAIK—Members of the Craik’s RCMP detachment did their part to make Saskatchewan’s roads safer.
From May 15 to 21 RCMP members made more than 103 traffic stops and laid 32-traffic related charges within the Craik detachment area as part of Canada Road Safety Week campaign.
RCMP Const. Nathan Boyd said those 32 charges covered a wide range of violations including impaired driving as well as seatbelt, speeding, and cell phone use infractions.
The provincewide initiative had RCMP members focussed on impaired, distracted and aggressive driving, speeding and seatbelt use.
Saturday, May 19 there was a focus on impaired driving as part of National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.
The extra attention and awareness may be having results.
Thursday, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) released statistics that showed a significant, 40 per cent reduction in the number of deaths caused by impaired driving in 2017. Preliminary data from SGI shows there were 39 deaths on Saskatchewan roads in 2017 from collisions involving alcohol or drugs and 340 injuries. Of those 39 fatalities, 34 were alcohol related and five were attributed to drugs.
From 2012 to 2016, Saskatchewan averaged 596 injuries and 57 deaths resulting from collisions involving alcohol and drugs.
Stolen Ram
Craik RCMP are looking for the people suspected of stealing a Dodge Ram in Humboldt in April.
At about 4 a.m., April 26, a bright red Dodge Ram 1500, with a wide chrome pinstripe on both sides, was stolen from the Humboldt.
Later that day, that truck and two Caucasian male occupants in their 20s were then reported to have tried to steal a licence plate from a vehicle in Davidson.
The truck then sped south of Davidson and turned off into Craik.
Craik RCMP report that on April 27, shortly after 5 a.m., a Stihl chainsaw with 16″ blade was stolen out a pickup truck parked at a yard office in Craik.
Police believe it to be the same vehicle, the bright red Dodge Ram and the occupants. One of the men was observed wearing a Crooks & Castles hooded sweatshirt. The driver was seen wearing a dark baseball cap.
If anyone has information about this or other crimes, they may contact the Craik RCMP at 306-734-5200 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.