Temiskaming OPP officer charged with impaired driving
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 3:53 pm
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer has been charged with impaired driving after being arrested in the Municipality of West Nipissing over the weekend.
A statement from the OPP says members of the Nipissing West detachment responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 17 at approximately 3 p.m. Sunday.
Officers located the vehicle stopped on Highway 17, just east of Sandy Falls Road.
Police say the investigation revealed the driver had been consuming alcohol and the accused was arrested.
Provincial Const. Jaak Valiots, a 23-year member of the OPP serving at the Temiskaming detachment, had been off-duty at the time, the OPP statement said.
The accused has been charged with operation while impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration equal to or above the legal limit.
The officer is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay July 21 and has been issued a 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension. The vehicle also has been impounded for seven days.
The charge marks the 21st driver charged under criminal impaired driving laws in the Nipissing West detachment area this year. Nipissing West OPP charged 62 drivers in 2019.
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A statement from the OPP says members of the Nipissing West detachment responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 17 at approximately 3 p.m. Sunday.
Officers located the vehicle stopped on Highway 17, just east of Sandy Falls Road.
Police say the investigation revealed the driver had been consuming alcohol and the accused was arrested.
Provincial Const. Jaak Valiots, a 23-year member of the OPP serving at the Temiskaming detachment, had been off-duty at the time, the OPP statement said.
The accused has been charged with operation while impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration equal to or above the legal limit.
The officer is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay July 21 and has been issued a 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension. The vehicle also has been impounded for seven days.
The charge marks the 21st driver charged under criminal impaired driving laws in the Nipissing West detachment area this year. Nipissing West OPP charged 62 drivers in 2019.
https://www.nugget.ca/news/local-news/t ... ed-driving