By Canadian Press

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Calgary police expanding mandatory roadside drunk driving checks

Jan 30, 2020 | 3:08 PM

CALGARY – The Calgary Police Service says it is equipping all frontline officers with alcohol screening devices as it expands roadside tests for drivers.

All drivers in the city can now expect to provide a breath sample when they are pulled over or go through a checkstop.

Since December 2018, police in Canada have been able to demand preliminary samples without reasonable suspicion that drivers have alcohol in their bodies.

Calgary police have taken more than 15,600 samples since the force started mandatory checks more than a year ago.

Those have resulted in 142 Criminal Code charges and 359 provincial sanctions.

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