For nine months spent pulling over weaving cars and steadying wobbly drivers, Const. Jas Dosanjh won a spot on the team.
The North Vancouver RCMP officer earned a place on Alexa’s Team after taking 141 impaired drivers off the road last year.
Alexa’s Team commemorates Alexa Middelaer, a four-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a drunk driver in 2008. It’s Dosanjh’s fifth consecutive year as part of the team.
The award gives officers a sense of pride for the “difficult, and sometimes thankless, work involved in taking impaired drivers off the road,” stated North Vancouver traffic unit Sgt. Bryce Petersen in a press release.
Alexa’s Team also includes three West Vancouver officers: Const. Brock Harrington, Cpl. Grant Gottgetreu, and Const. Chris Colgan.
Colgan was responsible for wrenching the car keys away from 23 intoxicated motorists while Gottgetreu recorded 15 investigations.
Harrington earned his fifth consecutive spot on the team. Nominations require a minimum of 12 impaired driving investigations in a year.
“All West Vancouver Police officers are committed to make our community and its roads safe today and safer tomorrow. Taking impaired drivers off the road is a vital part of that work,” stated WVPD Chief Const. Len Goerke in a release.
Alexa’s Team for 2015 consists of 243 B.C. police officers.
