SHUBENACADIE: Sleeping it off in her car didn’t pay for a 35-year-old woman from Shubenacadie on June 15.
East Hants RCMP Const. Preston Burns, the Community Policing Officer, said police received a report of a female passed out behind the wheel of their vehicle on a roadway in Shubenacadie.
“When the officer arrived, the driver was displaying signs of impairment by drug and was placed under arrest for impaired operation of a motor vehicle,” said Const. Burns.
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Const. Burns said the driver was brought to the Enfield detachment where she underwent a drug evaluation by a drug recognition expert who determined her to be impaired by a drug.
The female, 35, of the Shubenacadie area is facing a charge of impaired driving and driving while prohibited.
A drug recognition expert or drug recognition evaluator (DRE) is a police officer trained to recognize impairment in drivers under the influence of drugs other than, or in addition to, alcohol.
