The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one of its own officers after an investigation into an on-duty incident that occurred during a traffic stop in Toronto in January.
An officer driving an unmarked cruiser stopped a vehicle on Yonge Street in the North York district of Toronto on Jan. 2, the OPP’s professional standards unit said in a press release.
The officer is accused of discharging a “conducted energy weapon” during the traffic stop, police said. According to Ontario’s Community Safety and Policing Act, the conducted energy weapons authorized for police use are Tasers.
The driver of the vehicle was subsequently arrested and charged under the Highway Traffic Act before being transported to hospital for an assessment. …