Brant OPP used a license plate scanning tool to nab a suspended driver on Friday.
Officers were on patrol and in a cruiser equipped with an automated license plate recognition device. The device uses infra-red illumination to capture the image of both the front and back of a vehicle. It is capable of scanning thousands of license plates per hour, checking them in real time with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) database.
The system is capable of identifying stolen and expired license plates as well as those connected to suspended and unlicensed drivers, those wanted by police or connected to Amber Alerts.
At about 8:36 pm Friday, (Aug. 5) the system alerted Brant OPP officers to a vehicle on Powerline Road near Cleaver Road in Paris. The officers stopped the vehicle and subsequently charged a 32-year-old Waterloo resident with driving while suspended and failing to have an insurance card.
Impaired driving charge issued
A 40-year-old Hamilton woman faces an impaired driving charge after being stopped Saturday (Aug. 6) by Brant OPP on Highway 403.
Provincial police were called just before 8 pm by a citizen who reported a traffic complaint. The citizen had seen a motorist driving in a way that caused some concern.
Police charged the woman with operating a motor vehicle while impaired – alcohol and drugs and possession of a controlled substance.
Refusing to provide a sample
A 60-year-old Ancaster man found sleeping in a vehicle stopped at an intersection has been charged with refusing to provide a breath sample.
Brant OPP were sent to McPherson School Road near Blue Lake Road at about 10 pm Friday (Aug. 5). Police had received numerous calls of a man sleeping behind the wheel of a vehicle stopped at an intersection.
The man was arrested and transported to Brantford General Hospital.
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