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getbak · 12-17-2012, 04:52 PM

Are there any good stats available regarding Checkstop effectiveness?

All I could find from Google was a story from the Herald last December (that's no longer online) that talked about the "enhanced" (daytime) Checkstops last year, and it said that between December 8 and 23 last year, on Checkstops run between 12:00 and 8:00pm, there were just over 5,000 vehicles stopped. This led to 36 24-hour suspensions (which would now be 72 hours) and 5 impaired driving charges.

I also recall seeing a stat from the evening Checkstops (that I can't find now to verify), where if you did the math, it worked out to about 3 impaired charges a night.

It seemed like it would be better to just have those cops driving around and stopping people who were driving suspiciously.

12-17-2012, 04:52 PM	#86
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Are there any good stats available regarding Checkstop effectiveness? All I could find from Google was a story from the Herald last December (that's no longer online) that talked about the "enhanced" (daytime) Checkstops last year, and it said that between December 8 and 23 last year, on Checkstops run between 12:00 and 8:00pm, there were just over 5,000 vehicles stopped. This led to 36 24-hour suspensions (which would now be 72 hours) and 5 impaired driving charges. I also recall seeing a stat from the evening Checkstops (that I can't find now to verify), where if you did the math, it worked out to about 3 impaired charges a night. It seemed like it would be better to just have those cops driving around and stopping people who were driving suspiciously. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!