Grant has almost 30 years of policing experience, focusing primarily in the areas of traffic investigations and enforcement. He has extensive experience in impaired driving investigations and has been a Qualified Technician since 1992 and an ASD Operator/Calibrator/Instructor since 1990. He is also a master instructor in all modes of police radar and police laser/lidar devices, as […]
From handing out some of the harshest punishments that traffic laws allow to now helping those on the receiving end, Grant Gottgetreu has moved on. Known by former police colleagues as “Darth Radar,” Gottgetreu hung up his speed gun in April after impounding more than 2,000 vehicles for excessive speeding (40 or more kilometres an hour above the posted
Metro Vancouver traffic cop impounds 2,000 vehicles in six years He’s got a thing that’s called radar love. Cpl. Grant Gottgetreu, a traffic cop with the West Vancouver Police Department on secondment to the Integrated Road Safety Unit, on Saturday nabbed his 2,000th vehicle for excessive speeding since 2010. It is a labour of love for
Officers from West Vancouver Police Department and North Vancouver RCMP, and ICBC staff set up a sting operation at the corner of Capilano Road and Marine Drive in the soaking rain in time for the afternoon rush hour. One of the offenders even waved, smartphone in hand, to the undercover officer, according to the RCMP.
New West officers recognized on Alexa’s Team It has been seven years since four-year-old Alexa Middelaer was killed by an alcohol-impaired driver. In that time the police, her family and their supporters have worked tirelessly to make British Columbia’s roads safer for everyone — and they are. On Thursday, May 7, ICBC and MADD Canada honoured 124
