(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 2024 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign commenced on November 21, 2024, and will continue until January 1, 2025. During the second week of the campaign from November 28 to December 4, 2024, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the OPP conducted 24 RIDE checks throughout the detachment area.

During the RIDE checks drivers were found to be in full compliance with the law and no impaired driving or over 80mg charges were reported as a result of the RIDE campaign.

Despite the compliance at the RIDE checks, UOV OPP officers charged two drivers with impaired driving-related offences during the week.



On December 1, 2024, at approximately 12:50 a.m., members of the UOV OPP initiated a traffic stop on Pembroke Street East in the Township of Laurentian Valley (TLV). The driver was taken into custody and transported to the detachment for further testing by a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) officer.

As a result of this incident Hunter GODIN, age 19 of TLV, has been charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) and Highway Traffic Act (HTA) offences:

Operation while impaired – drugs
Drive without proper rear light – motor vehicle
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on January 7, 2025. The accused also had their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days.

At short time later on December 1, 2024, at approximately 3:00 a.m., members of the UOV OPP responded to a vehicle stuck in the ditch in Whitewater Region (WWR). No injuries were reported. As part of the investigation a Roadside Screening Device was utilized, and the driver was transported to the detachment for further testing.

As a result of this incident Sierra Anne EMBURY, age 43 of WWR, has been charged with the following CC, HTA and Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act (CAIA) offences:

Operation while impaired – alcohol
Failure or refusal to comply with demand
Use plate not authorized for vehicle
Operate a motor vehicle without insurance
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on December 30, 2024. The accused also had their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days.

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