On Thursday, April 26, 2012, Constable Eric Thompson and Constable Mike Klein Beekman of the Oak Bay Police Department were honored for their excellence in the apprehension and investigation of impaired driving offences in 2011.  Both officers were named as members of Alexa’s Team for 2011.  To be nominated for Alexa’s Team, police officers must have taken at least 12 ‘criminally” impaired drivers off the road through a CC investigation or the new Immediate Roadside Prohibition administrative process.  Administrative Driving Prohibitions, Immediate Roadside Prohibition Fails, Immediate Roadside Prohibition Refusals and Reports to Crown Counsel recommending criminal code charges were counted to determine eligibility.

In the Province of British Columbia, there were a record 339 Alexa’s Team members this year;  up from 224 in 2010.   In the past four years, the members of Alexa’s Team have taken over 31,000 drinking drivers off B.C. roads.

The concept of Alexa’s Team was initiated in memory of four and a half year old Alexa Middelaer who was killed by a drunk driver while feeding a horse in Delta, British Columbia in May 2008.  To learn more about Alexa’s Team and their efforts to combat impaired driving please view the following link http://www.bcaaroadsafety.com/about-us/how-to-support/alexa-middelaer/

Please join me in thanking Constable Thompson and Constable Klein Beekman for their dedication in removing impaired drivers from our local roads.

Chief Constable Mark Fisher