Officers from the Weyburn Police Service took part in a bar walk last week. The officers observed a male who was violating his conditions by drinking alcohol based drinks and/or being in a place that serves alcohol. The male was arrested and charged.

Deputy Chief Rod Stafford, Weyburn Police Service explained how police officers know someone has conditions stopping them from drinking or entering a bar.

"We maintain a paper book that officers read on a daily or weekly basis that's updated every Tuesday after court, where people are sentenced to conditions perhaps of not to be in a bar or not to consume alcohol or to have a curfew."

"Based on the reading of those names in that book, of course, some of them may be familiar names and faces, which are easy to spot if they are out."

The male in the above incident was recognised as a person subject to conditions to not be consuming alcohol. He was charged with a breach of the court order.

Stafford went on to explain a person will be given alcohol conditions due to them breaking the law due to alcohol use.

Another incidence of alcohol-related offence in the police report involved an adult male being confrontational with his girlfriend. She had asked the police to speak to him. The male was found to be very intoxicated and agreed willingly to leave the house and sleep in custody of WPS until sober.

"Even if it's your house, depending on whats going on at it, you can be guilty of committing criminal offences in your own house and certainly in houses you don't own or belong to. You can be asked to leave and if you don't leave, you could be subject to criminal charges for not leaving and that was kind of what happened here."

The intoxicated male was taken into custody for his own safety and was kept until he was sober and released without charges.