A joint-forces policing initiative across Quinte is targeting impaired driving and is paying off with arrests, say police.

The Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Belleville Police Service, Central Hastings OPP, Prince Edward County OPP and members of the OPP Highway Safety Division have been conducting Focused Patrols in various areas of the region to combat impaired driving.

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During the first week of the joint RIDE stops, officers arrested four people for impaired driving.

The efforts resulted in a arrests of a 42-year-old woman from Belleville, a 58- year-old man from Quinte West, a 35-year-old male from Springbrook and a 38-year-old male from Stone Mills Township.

In addition, there were five three-day suspensions issued to individuals

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