An OPP officer was charged with several firearm offences on Thursday following an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
OPP Sgt. Roberto Manca has been charged with four counts of recklessness while discharging a firearm and four counts of careless use of a firearm.
OPP say the incidents were isolated to on-duty police training exercises at firearm ranges and didn’t involve the public.
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Manca, who’s been working for the OPP for 23 years and is currently on the police service’s central region emergency response team, has been suspended with pay.
Manca was released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on Nov. 18.
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