Efforts by police to stop drunk drivers are recognized
Through a ceremony at the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) atrium, 17 officers from southern Alberta received special recognition. Cpl. Cumming’s Watch Awards is an initiative implemented by Mothers Against Drunk Driving Lethbridge & Area Chapter and Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). This program recognizes the efforts of officials to detect and stop drunk drivers. Sgt Danny Lomness, Traffic Response Unit at LPS explains how the program began back in 2015. Officials say this name is in honor of Cpl. Graeme Cumming, a member of the RCMP, who was killed on duty by an impaired driver while attending a traffic incident on Highway 3 near Lethbridge, Alberta on August 12, 1998. Cst. Coral Fenne, official at Blood Tribe Police, is one of the officials who was honoured today. She is also the First Indigenous female officer to receive the award. Cpl. Cumming’s Watch