N.S. news: Police prepare for New Year’s Eve [Video]

Sgt. Scott Reeves, a member of the Cape Breton Regional Police’s traffic safety unit, has seen first hand the consequences of impaired driving across his decades-long career.

“We deal with bad accidents. We see it all the time,” Reeves said.

This holiday season, Cape Breton police have stepped up patrols such as spot checks and random vehicle stops.

Reeves said they are on particularly high alert on New Year’s Eve. Their message heading into the night is they plan to be everywhere.

“And I think word of mouth is getting out, too, that we’re all over the place,” Reeves said. “We did a few last week, where people were saying, ‘We’ve never seen you in this area before.'”

“There’s going to be police officers out on the roads throughout Nova Scotia tonight,” said Cpl. Carlie McCann, a communications officer with the Nova Scotia RCMP.

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