Police services in Grey Bruce will receive a total of $117,933 over the next two years through the Province’s Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) grant program.
A release from Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker’s office says the Ontario government is investing $4.8 million through the RIDE grant program to help police services across the province keep impaired drivers off streets and highways.
They say across Ontario, 171 police services will receive funding to carry out important year-round road safety efforts including education campaigns and roadside spot checks.
Police services in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound will receive the following:
2020/2021 2021/2022
$6,536.00 $6,524.00 OPP Grey Bruce (Chatsworth)
$6,536.00 $6,524.00 OPP Grey Bruce (Georgian Bluffs)
$6,536.00 $6,524.00 OPP Grey Bruce (Southgate)
$8,715.00 $8,698.00 Hanover Police Service
$8,715.00 $8,698.00 OPP Grey Bruce (Grey Highlands)
$8,715.00 $8,698.00 West Grey Police Service
$13,271.00 $13,243.00 Owen Sound Police Service
Walker says in a statement, “I’m pleased our government is supporting police services in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and across the province in their efforts to keep impaired drivers off our roads and highways.”
RIDE grant funding will be used to cover the overtime of sworn officers and paid duty RIDE activities over 2021 and 2022.
According to provincial data, more than 1,700 people have died and over 25,000 people have been injured in collisions involving an impaired driver in the last decade in Ontario.
