Sgt. Mark Gatien

Online/New Media by rochekellySeptember 30, 2014October 15, 2014

Licence plate scanners resulting in charges

Roads will be safer now that cruisers equipped with automated licence plate recognition are reining in naughty drivers, say provincial police. “They’re working very, very well,” said OPP Sgt. Peter Leon. “When you’re able to check licence plates for suspended drivers and do what they’re able to do in a very short period of time […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 20, 2012February 27, 2013

Off-duty cop nailed in ticket blitz

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/03/20/off-duty-cop-nailed-in-ticket-blitz?channelColor=news Temps are soaring and so are speedometers. A 68-minute blitz by Ottawa police Tuesday, their first of the season, nabbed 13 speeders including an off-duty cop on a motorcycle clocked going 202 km/h heading eastbound on Hwy. 174. Yannik Bernard faces a charge of stunt driving under the Highway Traffic Act. The […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyApril 4, 2011January 20, 2012

Dangerous curve near ‘Garage Mahal’ worries motorists

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/04/04/17874436.html#/news/ottawa/2011/04/04/pf-17871576.html Every time he leaves work, Stephen Wardlaw obsesses over turning right or left onto Industrial Ave. near St. Laurent Blvd. “It’s terrible. The traffic is coming in the other way, you come out, you put your signal on, there’s nobody there,” said Wardlaw. “By the time you go to pull in, there’s […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 25, 2010November 29, 2010

Stop texting and get movie passes

Ottawa police are rewarding drivers for not texting or talking without a bluetooth while cruising the east and south ends of the city. In December and January, east district traffic cops will give two free movie passes to drivers who have pulled over to use their cell phones. Bluetooth users are not going to be […]