Winnipeg police officer charged after pedestrian dies in hit-and-run
Winnipeg’s police chief says off-duty officers have the same right as anyone else to socialize after work, sometimes with alcohol.
But Chief Danny Smyth says like anyone else, if an officer has too much to drink and gets behind the wheel of a car, he or she has crossed a line.
Smyth faced questions at a news conference Friday about whether there is a culture among police officers of going for an after-drink work.
One off-duty officer was charged this week with impaired driving causing death and failing to stop at the scene of an accident after a fatal hit-and-run that killed pedestrian Cody Severight, 23.