Newfoundland and Labrador Priorities

TRAFFIC SERVICES

Traffic Collisions are the leading cause of death among Canadian Youth and Impaired Driving is the leading criminal cause of death in Canada.

Providing safe highways to the citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador is a priority of not only the “B” Division Traffic Services Unit, but for every RCMP Officer posted to this province. The “Mission” of our Traffic Services Program is to always work to Improve Public Safety on our Highways, and our “Vision” is to have the safest roads in the world by 2010. We will achieve these results by focusing our educational and enforcement efforts on high risk driving activities which lead to death and injuries, such as the non-use of occupant restraints, driving while impaired, intersection violations, and aggressive driving. The “B” Division Traffic Services Unit has worked together with RCMP officers from across the Province to tackle this problem and our efforts are showing positive results with a steady reduction in the numbers of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who are being killed and seriously injured annually on our highways.

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Family violence is an ongoing provincial strategic priority for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is defined as physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological abuse of a partner, child, elderly person, or person in a dating relationship. ( Full text )