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Off-duty Saskatchewan RCMP officer charged with impaired driving

A Saskatchewan RCMP officer has been placed on administrative duties after being charged with impaired driving while off-duty.
A Saskatchewan RCMP officer has been placed on administrative duties after being charged with impaired driving while off-duty. File / Global News

UPDATE: Southern Sask. RCMP officer fined for impaired driving

An off-duty Saskatchewan RCMP officer has been charged with impaired driving.

Members of the Assiniboia RCMP detachment were called to Wood Mountain Provincial Park early Sunday morning for a disturbance at a campsite, but a man left the park before officers arrived.

A vehicle was subsequently stopped and charges were laid against the off-duty officer from the Assiniboia detachment.

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Sgt. Donald Duplissea is charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and impaired operation over .08.

He is scheduled to be back in court on Aug. 9.

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Duplissea, who has 15 years of service with the RCMP, has been place on administrative duties.

A code of conduct investigation has also been ordered.

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