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Police take drivers to school with
187 tickets (so far) in traffic blitz
MEGAN GILLIS (HTTPS://OTTAWACITIZEN.COM/AUTHOR/MEGANGILLISPOSTMEDIA) Updated: September 12, 2018
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Police are using a dash of humour to school drivers
during a back -to -class traffic blitz this week aimed
at keeping kids safe.
Over two days, they've laid 187 charges, including ticketing an OC Transpo
driver going 50 km/h in a 30 km/h school zone beside Fisher Park Public
School.
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Sgt. Mark Gatien of the traffic services section tweeted Wednesday morning
that he had deployed nine officers to school zones across Ottawa.
Const. Jon Hall, who tweets as .@
.(https://postmediaottawacitizen2mordpress.com/mentions//) TheBeardedCop,
itemized drivers including Driver #25, the pizza driver "cooking" at 58 km/h
in a 30 km/h school zone and the TEACHER who sped by his or her own
workplace Tuesday.
But there's nothing funny about why they're out there. Hall hashtagged
Driver #22, who blasted by an elementary school at 66 km/h
with "#speedkills especially in a collision involving a pedestrian child."
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Some motorists didn't exactly have an apple for the teacher.
"So... I have been sworn at today, told to have a miserable day by another,
and blamed for messing up their perfect record," Gatien tweeted
Wednesday afternoon. "All I want you to do is raise your right foot and
repeat after me. I will not speed in a school zone. Thanks in advance.
"See you tomorrow."
The blitz continues for the next three days.
The Bearded Cop @TheBeardedCop Sep 10, 2018
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Driver #13 - 64 in the 30 by Fisher Park School on Holland.
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The Bearded Cop
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Driver #14,15,16 & 17 going 76, 68, 88 & 79 in the 40 schoolzone.
One of those drivers is a teacher AT the school in question. #irealIy
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3:32 PM - Sep 11, 2018
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The Bearded Cop
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Driver #25: pizza delivery going 58 in the 30 school zone. He was
if cooking" tlpuii,iiinteii,ided #-IBa(,,.k.toSdhod2018
12:41 PM - Sep 12, 2018
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Sgt Mark Gatien
@gatienmc
So... I have been sworn at today, told to have a miserable day by
another, and blamed for messing up their perfect record. All I want
you to do is raise your right foot and repeat after me. I will not
speed in a school zone. Thanks in advance. See you tomorrow.
12:25 PM - Sep 12, 2018 • Ottawa, Ontario
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Thomas Schiess
only a 5 day blitz?? keep it going all school year at 10 different schools each day. and send some
officers out with the school buses while you are at it.
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