OPP officer charged with sex assault

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An East Region Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged with sexual assault.

In a news release issued Thursday evening, police report that the officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a civilian employee while on duty at an OPP work location on Monday.

The work location is not being released to protect the identity of the victim.

The OPP investigation is being conducted by the force's Professional Standards Bureau. The OPP has also notified the province's Special Investigation Unit, which is investigating.

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Kingston OPP officer charged with sexual assault

An OPP officer based in the Kingston area has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman, and he will appear in court in January.

The officer works in the investigation and organized crime command in eastern Ontario.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit was called on Nov. 10 to investigate the allegations. The SIU is an arm’s-length agency that looks into reports involving police and serious injury, sexual assault or death.

Now that a charge has been laid, the SIU declines to make further comment on the investigation.

Det. Const. Phil Heymans is facing one charge of sexual assault.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/a ... al-assault