The West Nipissing Ontario Provincial Police are credited their automated licence plate recognition system for leading them to a prohibited driver who turned out to be impaired, police allege.
On Jan, 5 at approximately 1:45 p.m., Nipissing West Detachment officers “were alerted by the Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system, that the register owner of the vehicle was a suspended driver, on King Street, West Nipissing.”
The driver was arrested for impaired driving, then transported to the OPP detachment for further testing, OPP said.
“Further investigation found the driver to be breaching a court order and was a prohibited driver,” states the release.
The 52-year-old driver is charged with:
- Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code
- Operation while impaired - alcohol
- Operation while impaired - blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Fail to comply with Probation Order
- Operate a motor vehicle without insurance
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Feb. 5, in North Bay.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver's Licence Suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.