The OPP Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) launched an investigation January 2020 after receiving a complaint about a sexual assault incident alleged to have taken place in 2013. No specific date for the incident is given in the PSB information brief.

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Policier de la PPO accusé d’agression sexuelle

After several months of investigation PSB officers arrested and charged an OPP constable June 3 with sexual assault and sexual interference with a minor.

The accused has been a member of the OPP for 19 years. The OPP PSB incident brief does not state where the officer is stationed and also does not disclose any other details that might indicate the identity of the victim.

The officer has been suspended with pay, following the policy guidelines of the Ontario Police Services Act. He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in L’Orignal at a later date.