Thursday night. The driver was taken from the scene, apparently uninjured, to aid po

cident.

Police to

lay more
charges?

POLICE MAY have lost what they consider a
valuable weapon in their fight to get drinking
drivers off the road, with a Supreme Court deci-
sion that the province’s 24-hour roadside suspen-
sion legislation is unconstitutional.

What it will likely mean,
say police, is an increase in
the number of drivers asked
to take breathalyzer tests
and the taying of more
charges of impaired driving.

The roadside suspensions,
where police could order a
driver off the roads for a
24-hour period, were exten-
sively used by North Van-

tal justice.

An appeal of the decision
is expected.

Cst. Rod Booth of the
North Vancouver RCMP's
community policing division,
gays that until the appeal
process is finished it will
likely be business as usual
for police.

But, if the decision on the
suspensions is upheld, he

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NEWS photo Chris Cameron
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Keep an eye .
on valuables

THE THEFT of a wallet
from an unattended shopp-
ing cart has led police to
warn shoppers to keep an
eye on their valuables.

The wallet — containing
identification, credit cards
and a small amount of cash
— was removed from a

purse in a shopping cart, left
unattended for a few mo-
ments in a local mall Satur-
day afternoon.

The wallet has not been
recovered, prompting police
to warn shoppers not to let
valuables out of their sight.

couver RCMP and West says, ut ‘‘will throw a wrench
Vancouver Police at umes right into the gears”’
when it was not felt: neces- Without the roadside
sary to lay charges. suspensions, says Booth,

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