OPP West Region have charged 53 people with impaired driving after the first week of the annual Festive RIDE program.
OPP have conducted 534 RIDE check events across 13 West Region detachments.
Five people were charged for impaired driving in Perth County.
Eight warn-range suspensions were also issued in the region.
Since the start of the campaign, police have laid 229 impaired driving charges and 23 warn-range suspensions in 1804 RIDE check events in OPP-patrolled areas across Ontario.
The campaign is an annual police enforcement and education initiative, running until Jan. 1, aimed at taking impaired drivers off the roads during the holiday season.
