SUDBURY -- An off-duty member of the Temiskaming branch of the Ontario Provincial Police was charged with impaired driving Sunday, police said in a news release.
Acting on a traffic complaint called in at 3 p.m., members of the Nipissing West OPP found the vehicle on Highway 17, just east of Sandy Falls Road in West Nipissing.
"Investigation revealed the driver had been consuming alcohol and was arrested," the release said.
A 23-year veteran constable from the Temiskaming OPP is charged with impaired driving and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on July 21 in North Bay.
His license is automatically suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
So far in 2020, Nipissing West OPP has charged 21 people with impaired driving. In 2019, a total of 62 people were charged.
