Officers target unsafe vehicles in traffic blitz
Unsafe commercial and private vehicles travelling into the city were targeted by local officers in a traffic blitz on Friday morning.
As part of a joint initiative to keep local roads safe, an impromptu vehicle safety check was set up by Community Safety Officers (CSO) to conduct spot checks just north of Territorial Dr. as cars entered the north end of the city.
“They were out there just checking vehicles to make sure that they meet all the requirements of the road,” said Albert Headrick, North Battleford’s director of protective services. “It’s part of the CSO program, since we take care of highway traffic enforcement around the city. We do other spot checks as well with other alternative agencies as well and that’s what they were doing this morning.”
Headrick said these stops happen from time and time, depending on the availability of resources they get to assist them. It could happen once, twice, three, or more times a year.