VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – B.C. police are getting a $10 million cash injection from Ottawa to fight drug-impaired driving.
Organized Crime Minister Bill Blair announced the money will be spread out across the province over five years to train more officers in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and Drug Recognition.
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“What they’re going to be trying to do with this funding is incentivize police to make the financial investment to buy the Dräger 5000 or the new one if it’s ultimately approved,” Lee said. “Just because there’s been a lot of reluctance from police forces in British Columbia to purchase these devices and implement them, in part, probably due to the extensive cost and their vulnerability to constitutional challenges.”
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