Members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) West Region laid nearly 300 impaired driving charges during the 2024/25 OPP Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign.
The 2024/25 Festive RIDE campaign ran between November 21, 2024, and January 1, 2025. In that time, OPP West Region officers conducted 1,938 RIDE check events across 13 West Region detachments, with the following results:
- 292 impaired driving charges
- 19 warn-range suspensions.
Sixteen of the 292 impaired driving charges were laid by the Grey-Bruce detachment which held 173 Festive R.I.D.E. events during the campaign, down from 28 impaired driving charges laid in Grey-Bruce during last year’s campaign.
Last year, officers laid 353 impaired charges and 55 warn-range suspensions following 2,446 RIDE check events during the 2023/24 OPP West Region Festive RIDE campaign.
The Festive RIDE campaign is an annual police enforcement and education initiative aimed at taking impaired drivers off Ontario roads during the holiday season.
“The OPP remains committed to taking alcohol/drug-impaired drivers off our roads through enforcement and public education. If you suspect that someone is driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, it is important to call 9-1-1 to report it,” said the OPP.
