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York Region cop charged with impaired driving after allegedly driving wrong way on Hwy 400

A file photo of a York Regional Police patch. Nathalie Madore / The Canadian Press / File

BARRIE, Ont. – A York Regional Police officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with impaired driving.

The 42-year-old officer was allegedly found driving the wrong way down Highway 400 near Barrie, Ont., just after midnight on Jan. 11.

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Colin Smith, of Tiny Township, is charged with impaired driving, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing or refusing to comply with order to provide a breath sample.

Smith, who is a frontline officer in the Georgina detachment and has been with the force since 2004, is scheduled to make a court appearance in Barrie on Jan. 25.

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