An off-duty Saskatoon police constable has been charged with impaired driving.
Const. Trenton Dament, 45, was charged after the vehicle he was driving hit a curb at 8th Street East and Boychuk Drive early Friday morning.
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Police were notified of the collision through automatic roadside assistance.
Responding officers administered a roadside test and further testing was done using a breathalyzer.
Dament, a 12-year member of the force, was charged with impaired driving and exceeding 0.08.
He is scheduled to appear in Saskatoon provincial court on the afternoon of Jan. 3, 2017.
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Police officials said Dament has been assigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of his court case.
He is also subject to an internal investigation under the Saskatchewan Police Act.
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