By Sgt. Darren Kakuno

This past week, March 22 through March 28, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 51 calls for service. The following is a summary of some of the files to which our officers responded.

Suspected impaired driver removed from road near Radium

On Tuesday, March 23 at about 6 p.m., police received a report of a southbound Ford Ranger pickup on Highway 95 near Edgewater that was unable to maintain its lane and travelling below the posted speed limit. An officer located the vehicle on Highway 95 near Radium Hot Springs and conducted a traffic stop. While speaking to the driver, the officer formed suspicion the driver was operating the vehicle with alcohol in his body and a roadside breath demand was made. The driver refused to comply and as a result, was arrested for refusing to provide a breath sample and issued a 90-day Immediate Roadside Driving Prohibition. The vehicle was impounded for 30-days.

Prohibited driver discovered in Windermere

On Wednesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop with a white Chevrolet Equinox on Subdivision Road in Windermere. The driver was discovered to be prohibited from driving in B.C. The driver was issued an Appearance Notice to attend court at a later date and the vehicle was impounded for seven-days.

Cart and cans returned to owner

On Thursday, March 25, a resident on Nelles Crescent in Windermere reported someone had removed a shopping cart containing empty jerry cans from the property sometime overnight. The shopping cart and jerry cans were abandoned further down the street and returned to the owner.

Sgt. Darren Kakuno is Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment commander

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