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POLICE FORCES throughout B.C. are gearing
up for their first ever summer CounterAttack blitz
in efforts to reduce the high number of alcohol-
related accidents during the late summer period.

However, the blitz may be

police officers .to enforce
hampered by the inability of

24-hour licence suspensions,

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which were recently ruled
unconstitutional.

The recent April/May
CounterAttack blitz yielded

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approximately 2,900
side suspensions province
wide, while approximately
1500) people were charged
with impaired driving

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