A new award in honour of the RCMP officer killed in the Nova Scotia mass shootings.
The Constable Heidi Stevenson Watch award will be given to police officers in our province that focus on reducing impaired drivers on roads.
MADD Canada announced the creation of the award today, the middle of National Impaired Driving Prevention Week.
National President Jaymie-Lyne Hancock says they’re honoured to name this award in memory of Cst. Stevenson.
“A 23 year police veteran, with most of that time spent in Nova Scotia, Cst. Stevenson was a drug recognition expert, and had a particular passion for impaired driving enforcement,” says Hancock.
The first award recipients will be announced in May, 2023.
Hancock says in Canada in 2019, an average of 238 impaired charges were laid each day.
She says they’re appreciative of the support of Cst. Stevenson’s family and the RCMP.
This week is National Impaired Driving Prevention Week from March 20-26. Help us share the #DriveSober message. Because the devastating crashes, deaths & injuries caused by impaired driving are 100% preventable. #NIDPW pic.twitter.com/2eRGqbkC1N
— Jaymie-Lyne Hancock (@MADDCanadaPres) March 21, 2022
