By Nigel Maxwell

Police on lookout for drivers behaving badly

Apr 16, 2015 | 7:18 AM

Wednesday afternoon was a busy one for police in Prince Albert, who were conducting check stops on the first day of a two-day traffic blitz.

Prince Albert RCMP and the Prince Albert Police Service are holding the stops as a part of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P.) Spring Enforcement Blitz.

S.T.E.P.  is a province-wide task force that involve multiple agencies.

Officers are out in full force watching for speeders, distracted drivers and impaired drivers. Police have also been seen conducting checks of commercial vehicles

There was at least one check stop set up on 15th Street East, near Great Canadian Oil Change, and there was another on Highway 3 Thursday morning, near the Art Hauser Center.

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