Central Hastings OPP officer charged with impaired driving

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Central Hastings OPP officer charged with impaired driving

Postby Thomas » Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:59 am

Central Hastings OPP officer charged with impaired driving after ATV crash

An OPP officer has been charged with impaired driving after police say she was involved in an ATV collision while off duty in Tyendinaga Township.

Det. Const. Trisha Salmon, a nine-year veteran with the OPP’s Central Hastings detachment, is facing two impaired driving charges following an incident on Sep. 28.

Lennox and Addington OPP say a 39-year-old driver turned over an ATV on private property on Lazier Road in Tyendinaga Township, throwing herself and two passengers off the vehicle.

The driver and one of the other passengers were sent to hospital with minor injuries but later released, according to police.

Although he could not speak to Salmon’s case, Lennox and Addington OPP Staff Sgt. Chris Watkins says that if an OPP officer were convicted of a criminal charge, this would constitute an automatic breach of the Police Services Act code of conduct, which would lead to a police disciplinary hearing.

The consequences vary, according to Watkins, but could include removal of leave and vacation time, demotions or, in the most serious cases, dismissal.

“Any penalty levied is done so after examining the totality of the circumstances of the alleged breach (i.e. any aggravating or mitigating factors that may be present), just as would be done in a criminal court proceeding,” Watkins wrote in an emailed statement.

Salmon is set to appear at a Napanee court on Nov. 12 to answer to her charges.

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Off-duty OPP officer charged following ATV crash

Postby Thomas » Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:59 am

A nine-year Ontario Provincial Police veteran has been charged following a crash in Tyendinaga Township last month.

Emergency services were called to Lazier Road at about 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 for a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle. The OPP said the vehicle was being ridden on private property by a 39-year-old driver and two passengers. The occupants were thrown to the ground when the vehicle overturned. Everyone suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital. They have since been released.

Police said that as a result of their investigation, off-duty OPP officer Det. Const. Trisha Salmon, currently posted at the Central Hastings Detachment, has been charged with impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit.

Salmon is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 12.

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