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EXCLUSIVE: Senior Toronto cop charged with impaired driving, sources say he was found asleep at wheel
- On Monday, the Toronto Police Service confirmed that Inspector Michael Hayles was charged with impaired driving after being found asleep behind the wheel of a stopped vehicle on Sunday morning.
- Officers responded to the Laird Drive and Eglinton Avenue East area at about 6 a.m. on Sunday, where they discovered the inspector asleep behind the wheel of a stopped vehicle.
- Hayles, a 30-year veteran assigned to 55 Division, was off-duty during the incident and faces counts of impaired operation of a conveyance and exceeding blood alcohol concentration.
- According to spokesperson Nadine Ramadan, Hayles has been suspended with pay in accordance with the Community Safety and Policing Act.
- Charges against the inspector have not been proven in a court of law, and Chief Myron Demkiw acknowledged the incident while confirming Hayles was off-duty at the time.
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