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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Sounds like CPS is planning on expanding this to all traffic stops. Period.
"To comply with this federal legislation, all drivers in Calgary can now expect to provide a breath sample when they are pulled over by Calgary police for a traffic stop or checkstop," the release said.
Which is a crock in my opinion. Federal legislation gives police the power to demand a breath sample on request, but it is always at the officer's discretion. They are framing this as the legislation is making it mandatory and they need to do this in order to comply, which it is not. Or am I mistaken in what the law says?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...nded-1.5445806 |
This sounds like its going to be a logistical nightmare.
Before they even get to 'License and Registration' you have to provide a field sobriety test? It already takes Cops like a half-hour to write a ticket how long is this going to take now?
They could always ask for a breath sample if they had a reason to suspect a driver had been drinking, what was wrong with that?