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Operation "Street Sweep" results in tickets, arrests

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On September 18th, 2023, Drumheller RCMP General Duty Officers and Drumheller General Investigation Section members, along with key partners including Alberta Sheriff Highway Patrol Officers, and Drumheller Municipal Enforcement Peace Officers initiated a Crime Reduction initiative called “Operation Street Sweep” in Drumheller and surrounding areas.
The initiative included a concerted effort to locate wanted persons on warrants, conduct conditions compliance checks on prolific offenders, and suppress crime and aggressive drivers.
As a result of the operation:
- 7 violation tickets were issued for exceeding the speed limit (all were in excess of 25km/hr over the speed limit);
- 4 violation tickets were issued for various other traffic related offences such as using cell phone while driving, fail to wear seat belt, fail to have insurance on vehicle;
- 4 warnings were issued for various traffic offences;
- 1 impaired driver was arrested and subject to provincial sanctions including suspension of licence and vehicle seizure; and
- 7 wanted persons were arrested on outstanding warrants.
This is the 2nd Operation Street Sweep in the Drumheller area this year. The 1st Operation was on June 12th, 2023 and also involved Peace Officers from Kneehill County, RCMP Traffic Services, and RCMP Police Dog Services. The results of that operation were:
- 12 violation tickets were issued for exceeding the speed limit (all were in excess of 25km/hr over the speed limit);
- 5 violation tickets were issued for various other traffic related offences such as using cell phone while driving, fail to wear seat belt, fail to have insurance on vehicle;
- 1 warning was issued for a traffic offence;
- 1 person was arrested on outstanding warrants;
- 41 residences/prolific offenders where checked to ensure compliance with court conditions;
- 2 persons where charged for breaching their court conditions.
Detachment Commander, S/Sgt. Robert Harms, stated “Operation Street Sweep is a key component of our Policing Priorities and Crime Reduction initiatives in 2023-2024. The operations have been successful to date and will continue going forward. I thank the many officers involved including our key partners who all contribute and help us work towards safer communities and roadways.”
If you have any information regarding criminal activity in the Drumheller and or surrounding areas, please contact Drumheller RCMP at 403.823.7590, call 911, or contact your local Police Service. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.

Hussar opens Celebration Gazebo

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Village of Hussar council held a grand opening ceremony for its Celebration Gazebo project on Sunday, September 24. The project began in April 2022 and was fully funded through federal grants and commemorates the history of the village through its grain bin design. It features working lights and benches, and it is hoped the gazebo will be used in years to come as a backdrop for weddings and other celebrations within the community.

Drumheller area woman pursues law degree overseas

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A Drumheller area woman is making her dreams of becoming a lawyer a reality.
Emily Bertsch, daughter of Brent and Jennifer Bertsch, spent the summer as a summer student at Valley Law Chambers, working with local lawyer Andre Wilkins, and is heading back overseas to study.
Bertsch graduated from DVSS and completed her degree in International Relations at the University of Calgary. She was studying at the height of COVID and was not able to fulfill her plan of studying overseas. Upon completion, she successfully applied to study law at the University of Leeds.
“So I thought I might as well do it for Law School considering that the legal systems are very similar, so it is easy to come back to Canada when I am done,” she tells the Mail.
Over the summer, she jumped at the chance to come home and landed at Valley Law Chambers.
“Andre was great to work with. I got to sit in on everything, and he is setting me up with another lawyer to do duty council this week. I actually get to go to the courthouse and learn a little more about that, as well,” said Bertsch.
Wilkins said Bertsch approached him for the position for the summer, and she has excelled.
“I have nothing but excellent praises for her commitment and enthusiasm,” he said.
Bertsch has been planning to study law since the beginning of high school.
She will soon be heading back to the University of Leeds to complete the second year of her program. In order to practice in Canada, she will either have to complete her master's or she can do a challenge exam.
This will allow her to article. She would like to come home to practice.
“At first, I was interested in criminal law. I was really interested in the injustices of the system…do what I can to make the system better,” she explains “When I actually began to study, it developed into taking far more interest in contract and the civil side of litigation. I also enjoy solicitor work,” she said.

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