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Left to right: Darren Deck, MADD; Const. Dwight LeBlue; Const. Curtis Stasiw; Const. Rob Lindsay; and Karen Anthony-Burns, MADD. (submitted photo/PAPS)
Saving Lives

PAPS officers receive award for removing 57 impaired drivers over 12 months

Jan 31, 2023 | 12:17 PM

Three officers with the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) were recently recognized for the work they’ve done to make the community’s roads safer.

Const. Rob Lindsay, Const. Dwight LeBlue, and Const. Curtis Stasiw were each given a Van de Vorst Family Award for Excellence in Prevention from MADD Canada and Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) as they were able to remove a combined 57 impaired drivers off the roads from April 2021 to April 2022.

“They could be saving a life because that driver hasn’t gone on to cause further harm to someone else,” Karen Anthony-Burns with MADD Prince Albert said.

The award, named in memory of Jordan and Chanda Van de Vorst and their two children, Kamryn and Miguire, who were killed by an impaired driver outside of Saskatoon in 2016, is handed out annually to those who remove at least eight impaired drivers.

This is Lindsay’s third time receiving the recognition and the second for both LeBlue and Stasiw. All three received the award last year with Lindsay receiving his first the year before.

“We just want them to know that their hard work and their dedication towards making our community safer is really appreciated,” Burns said.

Meanwhile, P.A.’s impaired driving numbers are actually on the decline.

According to PAPS, 73 people were charged or investigated last year after clocking in over the legal limit of alcohol or marijuana or for simply refusing to get tested. This is down from 2021, continuing a downward trend.

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Jaryn.Vecchio@pattisonmedia.com

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