Police officer charged with sexual assault

Source:Whig Standard
A Brockville Police officer will appear in court March 19 to answer multiple charges in connection with a March 4 assault.

The officer, whose name cannot be identified by court order, was released on bail after a court hearing yesterday.

He was arrested March 4 by area OPP and charged with three counts of assault, sexual assault, forcible confinement, two counts of uttering threats and three counts of breach of undertaking.


Brockville Police Chief Adrian Geraghty told The Recorder and Times the officer has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the trial.

Geraghty said city police issued a press release one day after the arrest to provide the public with information. However, the suspect's name is not being released to protect the victim's identity, he said.

"We're not trying to hide anything. That's why we released the incident," said Geraghty.

He said any detail could tend to identify the victim in a small police service.

Geraghty said the arrest has had an impact on staff and police officers.

"It affects everybody in the service but we'll have to wait for it to come out in court."

Brockville Police Services Board chairman King Yee Jr. said he knows little about the incident beyond the media reports.

"Obviously when something comes out like this it's not something we like to see," Yee said during a telephone interview.

Yee said counselling is available through the police service contract for officers in need.

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