Ten 91原创 RCMP were among the 165 Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley officers recognized by the BCAA Road Safety Foundation and the Middelaer family for their diligence in removing impaired drivers from the roads.
Four-year-old Alexa Middelaer died on May 17, 2008 when a vehicle left a Delta road, struck her and her aunt, then a parked vehicle and finally came to rest on a power pole. The driver was later charged and convicted of impaired driving causing bodily harm and death.
Alexa鈥檚 Team was formed to help bring awareness to the seriousness of impaired driving and to recognize officers working to reduce the number of drunk drivers on the roads.
In a held at Southridge School in Surrey on April 24, the 91原创 officers were granted membership on Alexa鈥檚 Team for taking at least 12 criminally impaired drivers off the road through a criminal charge or through an immediate roadside prohibition (IRP) in 2011.
There are 355 members of Alexa鈥檚 Team throughout B.C. In 2011, they recommended charges on 1,078 impaired drivers.
They also issued 8,305 鈥� 90 day immediate roadside prohibition. Across B.C. in 2011, Alexa鈥檚 Team members removed 19,515 impaired drivers from the road.
