Calgary police switch to speeding ticket couriers as potential mail disruption looms

If you got a speeding ticket from an automated traffic camera in the past couple of months but have not received it in the mail, the mystery is now solved.

Calgary police have not mailed out these tickets since June fearingthat a Canada Post labour disruption might leave the ticket in limbo.

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That doesn't mean that you are free and clear though, as police are now moving to a courier service to deal with the backlog.

"Under normal circumstances, automated enforcement are delivered by Canada Post, however, [a] court order will now allow the service to start using couriers to ensure secure delivery while there is still the potential for service disruption," police said in a statement Tuesday.

"This began [Monday], and the service is looking to clear the backlog of summonses from mid-June to present date as soon as possible."

Canada Post and the union representing 50,000 of its employees have been at a bargaining impasse for months with the corporation warning of a potential disruption in early July, although some watchers saw room for optimism later that month.

CUPW said Tuesday it was meeting with the corporation "to identify the key issues for each side that need to be resolved if we are going to achieve negotiated collective agreements."

Police remind Calgarians that tickets can be issued up to six months after an offence.

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