01/31/2025
I am no different than most people,I suspect,if honesty is a consideration. No one wants to get stopped by the fuz (I think I just dated myself 🤓🤓🤓). Not because we don't enjoy the conversation but because we have made some "error" in the traffic laws 😉😉😉.
That said I do believe that reliance on technology (ie cameras) has made the routine traffic stop much less than it used to be. This is not a comment on how much better it used to be over today. Its about the unintended consequences of change. Premier Moe is onside with Premier Smith in making US border crossing less attractive for smugglers of all manner of illegal drugs or people 🫡🫡🫡.
Will this increased boots on the ground surveillance, increase the number of smugglers and or criminals caught. This particular pickup sure gives you hope that it will. Stats tell us that 47000 Canadians died last year of drug overdoses and or drug poisoning. Making that stat obcelete would be an excellent win over smugglers, drug cartels and other nefarious factions that think crime is better than "not crime".
So the next time you get stopped for a traffic check, say thank you cause I would rather the conversation than the camera 🙃🙃🙃.
And I would rather the stats for drug overdose deaths be zero than 47000.
That said if you are on a 1st name basis with the traffic police perhaps it's time to evaluate your driving practices 😇😇😇.
Officers seize eight kilograms – potentially millions of doses – of fentanyl during traffic stop.
“This is a significant fentanyl seizure. Keep in mind that only a few grains of fentanyl is enough to potential cause a fatal overdose. We have prevented potentially millions of doses of this dangerous drug from entering our communities,” says Supt. Grant St. Germaine, officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services. “I hope this is a message to others who choose to transport illicit goods in our province. Our officers are watching out for you.”
Read more here: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2025/officers-seize-eight-kilograms-potentially-millions-doses-fentanyl-traffic-stop
