Abbotsford (Abbotsford Police Department) – Long Weekend Recap: Oct 9th to Oct 13th
Between Friday at 5:00 p.m. & Tuesday at 6:00 a.m., AbbyPD frontline officers responded to 425 calls for service.
Friday Night: Officers responded to 78 calls for service and dealt with a wide range of incidents across the city. Impaired driving was a significant concern, with 12 impaired drivers removed from the roads.
Saturday: Day shift officers responded to 43 calls for service and conducted foot patrols in downtown Abbotsford. During the overnight shift, officers attended 55 calls for service, arrested one prohibited driver, issued a driving suspension to another motorist, and completed several curfew compliance checks.
Sunday: Officers focused on proactive traffic enforcement, resulting in two vehicles being impounded after drivers were caught travelling 100 km/h and 117 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone. One impaired driver was removed from the road during the day. Overnight, officers located and removed an additional three impaired drivers, dealt with an excessive speeder, and conducted further curfew checks.
Monday: Officers impounded two excessive speeders and responded to a report of old explosive material discovered in a barn. The RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit attended and safely disposed of the material. Officers also dealt with a man who crossed into the United States on foot at Zero Avenue before returning to Canada. When approached by officers, the man became assaultive.
During the overnight shift, officers arrested two individuals who were caught breaking into a construction site and stealing a generator. Patrol members also removed two impaired drivers from the road and impounded another two excessive speeders.
Weekend Call Summary:
16 – Intimate Partner Violence Reports
6 – Assaults
4 – Missing Person Reports
1 – Break & Enters
17 – Thefts
12 – Collisions
Proactive Traffic enforcement efforts led to:
20 impaired drivers removed, & 48 violation tickets being issued. By the end of the long weekend, 3 individuals were held in custody.
