Blair and Roselyn de Bruin are joining the Meadow Lake RCMP detachment. (submitted/Blair de Bruin)

By meadowlakenow Staff

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Veteran experience headed to Meadow Lake RCMP

Apr 7, 2022 | 9:47 AM

Meadow Lake RCMP is getting two experienced additions to the detachment.

Blair de Bruin of Rosetown RCMP is set to become the new corporal overseeing traffic services in Meadow Lake, while his wife Roselyn will join the detachment as well. S/Sgt Ryan How said they are looking forward to having them.

“Cpl. de Bruin brings [significant] training specifically targeting impaired drivers, both by alcohol and by drug,” he said.

de Bruin told meadowlakeNOW their family is excited for the move, adding the City had been one he had aspired to come to.

“When the opportunity to apply for a promotion to Meadow Lake,” he said. “The family gave me a greenlight and I was pretty happy with that.”

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A drug recognition expert since 2016, de Bruin comes with multiple qualifications, including as an Intox EC/IR II Operator and Instructor, a device that detects alcohol levels in the blood, and is knowledgeable with multiple oral fluid devices that can test cannabis for cocaine.

“We’re starting to see a really bad trend of operators impaired by cannabis,” de Bruin said. “With my training, I can also test for other drug categories. I’m hoping to get more people trained up on it and am bringing instruments that will hopefully help curb impaired driving in Meadow Lake.”

Those include ketamine, morphine, meth, hallucinogens and more.

“Anyone driving with five nanograms [of cannabis in their system] or more is operating a motor vehicle illegally,” he said. “Cocaine is zero tolerance.”

Originally from Manitoba, de Bruin still has roots in the Battlefords, where he played AAA hockey and met his wife. The two have been stationed in such communities as Glaslyn and La Ronge.

While he has 13 years’ experience with the RCMP, Roselyn has served for an additional two. Some of her expertise includes being a Property Crime Examiner (PCE) and Standard Field Sobriety Testing.

“She training into processing crime scenes, within finger printing and photographs, more than an average member would have,” de Bruin said.

Once a part of the community, as they are still organizing their move, de Bruin said they and their four boys are hoping to quickly become a part of the local hockey scene. He has coached minor teams in Rosetown and recently won Senior B Provincials playing with Outlook.

“Our whole family has a love for hockey, so we hope to get involved.”

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