OPP Plane To Spot Speeders From Sky

By News Staff

Posted February 22, 2008 12:00 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Speeders beware: OPP will soon have an eye in the sky. A brand new OPP plane is set to begin aerial patrols in a couple of weeks.

The Cessna will operate night and day hunting for speeders and aggressive and impaired drivers on Ontario’s main highways.

The provincial government gave the OPP $2 million last August to fund a program that would allow the force to obtain the aircraft.

The jet will be ready to take flight by mid to late March.

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