A veteran Peel Police Constable is facing assault charges.
Constable Dawid Chilicki, a 9 year member of the service, was arrested and charged by The Peel Regional Police Professional Standards Bureau Monday night.
Peel Regional Police began investigating an allegation of assault committed by Constable Chilicki while he was off-duty. As a result, Chilicki was charged with one count of Assault and one count of Mischief Under Five Thousand. He appeared at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton earlier today.
Hoping to maintain trust through transparency,Chief Chris McCord added the actions taken against Chilicki were necessary, especially when dealing with allegations of police officer misconduct.
“We take these allegations very seriously. Once the complaint was received through the Professional Standards Bureau, I ordered an investigation into the conduct of the officer”.