NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Uniform officers assigned to the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment Marine Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have again in this 2021 marine season been focusing some of their patrol time to the Islands of Beckwith and Giant's Tomb as well as the greater Tiny Township shoreline.
Officers will be vigilant for impaired and liquor related infractions but also for life jacket and equipment offences on smaller self propelled vessels while on the very large expanses of the waters of Georgian Bay which are still very chilly at this time of year.
During the week of May 31 to June 3, 2021, detachment marine officers checked 22 vessels and operators with one operator providing a breath sample into the Roadside Screening Device (ASD) during their 24 hours of patrol time.
Three persons were cited for failing to have sufficient life jackets on board, one operator was cited for liquor violations along with two other persons for infractions contrary to other Provincial Acts.
With the number of new boating enthusiasts over the last few years, officers will be trying to educate operators about Canadian-approved life jacket or personal floatation device (PFD)'s and to be cold-water aware while boating on Georgian Bay and the surrounding waterways this spring.
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