It appears investment of new officers and drug testing technologies has paid off for Thunder Bay police in keeping impaired people off the roads.
The force tells us over the last five years, they averaged about 120 people per year caught for alcohol impairment, but in 2019, it was 204.
Looking at the stats for drug impairment, Thunder Bay police caught the highest rate across the province. They add the youngest age of impaired driver was in the late teens, and the oldest driver caught was in the late 70’s.
Police add the average age of an impaired driver is in their mid 30’s, with women making up about 20-percent of the national number of offenders.
