A second North Bay Police officer in just over a week faces charges involving impaired driving.
A North Bay OPP officer was on general patrol on Highway 94, in East Ferris when he stopped a vehicle after he noticed it weaving in its lane yesterday (Sunday) at approximately 2:05 a.m.
As a result, Stephen Taylor, a 39-year-old North Bay police officer from Astorville, was charged with failing or refusing to provide a breath sample contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
He is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on December 23.
It's the second time Taylor has faced impaired charges.
On March 8, 2013, Taylor appeared before the Police Services Hearing Officer, Inspector Dan Markiewich of the Greater Sudbury Police Services, and pleaded guilty to the Police Services Act Code of Conduct offence of Discreditable Conduct in relation to the December 11th, 2012 Criminal Conviction for Fail to Provide a Breath Sample contrary to Section 254(5) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
The penalty under the Police Services Act of Ontario was a reduction in rank from First Class Constable to Second Class Constable for a period of nine months.
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It's been an embarrassing week for the North Bay Service which just last week kicked off the annual R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign designed to send a message to get drunk drivers off the road.
A North Bay City Police officer was charged with impaired driving in connection to a Lakeshore Drive collision which occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, November 28th.
North Bay Police confirmed that the driver charged with impaired driving and driving over 80 mg is a constable with the department.
He also faces the charge of failing to remain under the Highway Traffic Act.
“While it is the Service’s policy not to release the names of those charged with impaired driving, we believe the public has a right to know when a police officer has been charged,” said Deputy Shawn Devine, North Bay Police Service in a release.
The NBPS is currently conducting an internal police disciplinary investigation, under the Police Services Act, into the officer's actions as they relate to this incident.
The constable has not been suspended from the Service and has been assigned to internal duties.
