Police officers across New Brunswick issued tickets amounting to at least $86,794.50 for persons found guilty of breaking rules under the province's COVID-19 emergency measures order. The amount is tallied from 321 tickets officers issued between March 2020 and July 2021, according to Geoffrey Downey, spokesperson for the Department of Justice and Public Safety, in an email to CBC News. Meanwhile, another 18 convictions under the Emergency Measures Act are either pending a penalty or the offender was released with or without conditions. Another 327 tickets were issued, and most would have been paid without attending court while some would have been withdrawn. The tickets were handed out by police enforcing New Brunswick's COVID-19 pandemic emergency order, which took effect on March 19, 2020 with the invoking of the Emergency Measures Act.

Source: CBC News August 01, 2021 10:52 UTC