More officers on highways to enforce new legislation
Two new traffic units in the province will help enforce new driving legislation.
The new legislation, which takes effect on June 27, will focus on harsher penalties for impaired driving, distracted driving and excessive speed.
The two units are made up of 30 officers, 15 from existing provincially funded positions and 15 new positions funded by SGI. They will patrol central and southeast Saskatchewan.
“Saskatchewan has one of the worst rates of injury and collisions on highways,” Corrections and Policing Minister Christine Tell said in the media release.