A member of the Estevan Police Service has been recognized for apprehending impaired drivers during the past year.
Const. Paul Chabot was presented with the Van De Vorst Family Award for Excellence in Prevention at the police station by Connie Hagel, who is the community leader of the local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He apprehended eight impaired drivers in 2019, and received the Van De Vorst silver award.
The award is presented to officers who arrest a certain number of impaired drivers in a year.
Chabot was presented with a certificate, a medal and other items by Hagel.
The recognition is named after the Van De Vorsts, a family of four killed by an impaired driver in a collision near Saskatoon in 2016.
Hagel, Chabot and Deputy Police Chief Murray Cowan said they hope to see a time in which this award isn’t presented in Estevan, because it would mean nobody is driving while impaired in the city.
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