“We Drove Right Past Them” – How a Prairie Police Unit’s Close Call Led to a Safer Way to Respond in Winter
It was just after 9 PM on a cold October night on a remote stretch of Highway 11 in central Saskatchewan. An RCMP unit was responding to a 911 call about a disabled vehicle. The sky was black, a light snow was falling, and the wind was picking up. Visibility was already poor — and…