UNDERDriving THE INFLUENCE AWARENESS Securing Our Community... Strengthening Our Commitment 26 TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY GUIDE Old World Charm - New World Convenience • 24 Rooms and Efficiency Units • 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartments • Phone & Cable TV • Complimentary Breakfast Served Daily “Relax by the Fireplace in the Captain’s Pub” Enjoy your favorite Pint of Smithwicks or Guiness Phone: (709) 576-7173 or (709) 576-7468 Fax: (709) 576-7183 Daily, Weekly, Monthly & Yearly Rates Available! e-mail: [email protected] Located next to Sheraton Hotel in beautiful downtown St. John’s www.CaptainsQuarters.ca www.rnca.ca 1 Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association www.rnca.ca 2 PRESIDENT’S m e s s a g e Thank you to the residents and businesses of Newfoundland and Labrador for supporting our 26th Annual Community Guide! Each year, because of your support, we may continue bringing important safety information and awareness to the people of our province. This year we highlight the dangers of “Driving under the Influence”. This is a truly important subject of conversation and we thank all of our supporters for your assistance in helping support this year’s guide. The RNC Association makes many donations throughout the year to support initiatives and organizations within our community doing great work. This year, we are very pleased to have supported Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) Newfoundland and Labrador in their tireless work to stop driving while under the influence in our community. This local chapter of MADD Canada encourages individuals to plan ahead and provide services to victims and survivors to help them cope with the aftermath of this horrendous crime. MADD Canada’s most important priority is helping those who have lost a loved one or suffered an injury as a result of impaired driving. Every year, they provide a full range of free services to 20,000 victims/survivors of impaired driving. We are very pleased to support the work of MADD Canada and hope that you will use this community guide as a resource to start a conversation with your loved ones. No family should have to be impacted because of driving while under the influence. On behalf of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association Executive Board and its membership, thank you again for your support! Sincerely, Mike Summers President RNC Association “Supporting our Community…Strengthening our Commitment” www.rnca.ca 3 www.rnca.ca 4 CONTENTS 26th Annual Community Guide Driving under the Influence Awareness RNCA Messages Message from the Premier . .1 RNCA Executive Members . .7 Message from the RNCA President . .3 Message from the Publisher . .9 DUI Awareness Impaired Driving . .11 Trauma, Loss and Bereavement . .43 Top Myths about Impaired Driving in Canada . .17 Insurance and Financial Consequences Alcohol and Drug Presence in Fatal Motor of Impaired Driving . .47 Vehicle Crashes . .21 Strengthening Impaired Driving Laws . .51 Impaired Boating is Impaired Driving . .21 Highway Traffic Act Changes Aim to Canada’s Impaired Driving Record is Poor by Reduce Impaired Driving . .55 International Standards . .23 Bill C-46: An Act to amend the Youth and Impaired Driving . .31 Criminal Code . .57 Is Smoking Cannabis and Driving the More about MADD . .65 New Drinking and Driving? . .35 Drug-Impaired Driving . .39 MORE RESOURCES . .112 Disturbing Facts . .41 RNCA News & Photo Album RNCA made a $2,500 donation to MADD Mental Health Day . .93 (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) Mental Health Week . .93 Awards of Excellence . .71 “Stuff a Sock” Campaign . .93 Police and Peace Officers Cst. William Moss Softball Tournament . .95 of the Year Award . .73 Bike Safety . .95 Police Exemplary Service Medals and Bars Ceremony . .79 Salvation Army Christmas Appeal . .95 Donations to the Community . .79 Raise it up for Rainbow Riders . .97 Children’s Wish Telethon . .81 Shamrock Showdown Hockey Tournament . .101 Law Enforcement Torch Run . .81 Battle of the Badges . .101 Detective Sgt. Thomas Fraize Scholarship . .83 Killdevil Clamp . .101 Police Studies Diploma Program Graduation . .83 StandOut2 . .101 NL Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Pumpkin Patrol . .103 Ceremony & Parade . .85 Lab West Celebrates Winter Carnival . .103 National Police Week 2016 . .89 Seniors’ 2016 Christmas Party - St. John’s . .105 Remembrance Day Ceremonies . .89 Seniors’ 2016 Christmas Party - Corner Brook . .107 Coffee for a Cause . .91 Annual Charity Benefit Hockey Game . .109 Habitat for Humanity . .91 Canadian Mental Health Association . .93 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . .110 www.rnca.ca 5 Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association Celebrating over 25 Years in Health Care Rehabilitation, Prevention and Research Phone: 709 726-4006 Toll Free: 1-877-744-2468 Web: www.nlmta.ca www.rnca.ca 6 EXECUTIVE Sgt. Mike Summers Cst. Nick Cashin Cst. Steven Simmons Cst. Scott Harris President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Treasurer Cst. Jared Sweetapple Cst. George Horan Cst. Danny Abbass Cst. Ryan Armstrong Secretary Director, Support Services Director, Corner Brook Director, Platoon B Photos not Available Cst. Jason Farrell Sgt. Steve Knight Director, Labrador Director, NCOs Cst. Michael Hollett Cst. Jason Power Cst. Michael Hunt Cst. Kevin Hogan Director, Platoon D Director, CID Director, Platoon A Director, Platoon C Supporting Driving under the Influence Awareness www.rnca.ca 7 Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association • Industrial / Commercial / Residential • Contaminated Soil Removal • Aggregates (3, 4, 6 Inch Minus Blast Rock, Class A & B) • Landscaping / Backfilling • Pit Run • Water & Sewer • Snowclearing • Engineered Rocks Pads • Equipment Rental FREE ESTIMATES www.rnca.ca 8 PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association publishes their Annual Crime Prevention Guide to educate the public on important community concerns, such as this 26th Annual Crime Prevention Guide targeting the very serious problem of DUI Awareness. The consequences of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol are all too often tragic, and it is a very serious concern for all citizens of our Province. This publication is made possible as a result of financial contributions from residents and business representatives throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, and with their generous support, the RNCA is able to give back to their communities through donations to various local charities and youth programs. On behalf of the RNCA, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank each and every contributor to our 2016 Telephone Appeal, making it possible for this unique publication to be distributed to schools, libraries and public facilities, and also it’s also available online at www.rnca.ca, making it available to everyone as a tool to educate and promote DUI Awareness. Your comments and suggestions regarding these publications are always welcome and we look forward to speaking with you each year during our Annual Telephone Appeal. Respectfully, Mark T. Fenety President Fenety Marketing Services (Atlantic) Ltd. “Providing quality, professional marketing and fundraising services on behalf of high-profile, non-profit organizations.” WWW.FENETY.COM www.rnca.ca 9 Committed to our community Proudly supporting the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association. www.rnca.ca 10 Impaired Driving Alcohol side, for a breath sample to test the amount of Before the automobile was invented, the alcohol in your blood, or you may be taken to the excessive use of alcohol caused more harm to the police station to be tested. individual than to anyone else. Now they have at If your blood alcohol concentration is their disposal a two ton weapon – the motor 50mg or more of alcohol in 100mL of blood, your vehicle! Special studies show that in 50% of fatal driver’s licence will be suspended for 24 hours. accidents at least one driver had been drinking – If you can’t physically give a breath often excessively. Even small amounts of alcohol sample, the police officer can ask you to let a can have a dangerous effect on your behaviour. doctor take blood samples to see if you’re over One drink alone can reduce a driver’s ability to the legal limit. These samples may also be taken concentrate, to correctly assess unexpected by a nurse or hospital technician under a doctor’s situations, and to react quickly enough. As the authority. If you are injured and cannot be asked, level of alcohol in your blood increases, you will the police, with the permission of a judge, can ask have trouble judging distances and your vision will a doctor to take blood samples. If you submit to a become blurred. blood test, you have the right to have one of the Impaired driving is a samples tested independently criminal offence. If If you refuse to give a breath or blood your ability to drive is sample, you will be charged with refusal. The impaired by alcohol or penalties are the same as for impaired driving. drugs, you can be Penalties convicted of a number of offences under the Under the provincial regulations for Highway Traffic Act impaired driving, new suspension periods have and/or the Criminal been established. A driver charged under the Code of Canada. The vehicle doesn’t even have to Highway Traffic Act can be suspended from 24 be moving: you can be charged even if you hours up to 90 days. As well, a driver convicted of haven’t started to drive (have care or control of a impaired driving can be suspended from driving motor vehicle). for periods of 12 months for a first offence and up to 60 months for a subsequent offence. For The law is tough on impaired drivers. If Novice Drivers there are also specific penalties for you are found guilty of impaired driving, you will periods of suspension if the driver exceeds the get a criminal record. Think about it. zero tolerance regulations. It doesn’t take a lot of alcohol in your system to be impaired. The law sets the legal limit 24 Hour Suspensions under at 50mg or more of alcohol in 100mL of blood.