The Surrey Police Service has launched a new "Impaired Driving Unit" staffed by five officers to start but set to expand to seven later this year.
Sgt. Tige Pollock said the officers will be qualified drug recognition experts and as breath analysis operators they will be able to assess drivers impaired by drugs and alcohol, focusing on evenings and weekends.
"Impaired driving creates dangers on our roadways and causes devastation to individuals, families, and communities," Pollock noted. "SPS will continue to collaborate with our law enforcement and community partners to reduce the incidences of impaired driving and to get those drivers and their vehicles off the road."
Insp. Earl Andersen, in charge of the SPS’s Road Safety Section, said this new dedicated unit "will allow us to focus on impaired driving enforcement year-round, as we work to reduce these highly preventable and often tragic incidents here in Surrey.”
