An Ontario provincial constable with 17 years of service is facing criminal impaired driving charges while on duty.
Provincial police say their Southern Georgian Bay detachment officers launched an impaired operation investigation on Jan. 15.
Get breaking National news
Police say the investigation involved one of the officers at the detachment.
They say a 39-year-old constable was arrested and charged with operation while impaired with alcohol and operation while impaired with blood alcohol concentration above the legal threshold for impaired driving.
- Surrey house targeted again in extortion-related shooting, police say
- Winnipeg man facing 77 drug trafficking and gun charges: WPS
- Threat triggers lockdown at Lakefield College School north of Peterborough, Ont.
- Impaired, dangerous driving charges laid against suspect in fatal Surrey bus stop collision
They say the officer is scheduled to appear before the Ontario court of justice in Midland on Feb. 26.
Police say the officer has been suspended with pay and the OPP Professional Standards Unit is conducting an internal investigation.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.