Members of the Weyburn Police Service made an arrest during a traffic stop last Tuesday, and not just because the man had a suspended driver’s license.
According to Deputy Chief Shane St. John, the officer recognized the man as being subject to a 24-hour curfew under a Community Sentence Order, which is serving a sentence in the community.
"It's sort of like serving jail in a community, and they were on a 24-hour curfew. They were not supposed to be out at that time at all."
The man was arrested and taken into custody pending a court appearance.
"When you are picked up on one of those breaches, you are automatically held and then taken before a judge. It could be two or three days and then a judge will decide if you stay in custody longer. Maybe your CSO gets extended. It's up to the judge how that's dealt with."
While this person had no permission to leave his home, some CSOs, St. John noted, do allow for times of the day when one could go shopping or even work a job.
Sentence lengths vary for CSOs, from six months to two years, and he said this person had been on his for some time.
"Someone driving when they know they shouldn't drive, especially when you're not supposed to be out it, it's it shows that locker respect for any type of enforcement, authority, or to the courts. It's just, you got a break by not being in jail. Don't waste that because you'll just end up back in jail."