Winnipeg police officer charged with impaired control of vehicle after November arrest

A Winnipeg police officer has been formally charged with impaired care and control of a vehicle, after police said in November he had been arrested.

Const. Leslie McRae, 41, was charged Wednesday withrefusingto provide a breath sample and care and control of a motor vehicle in November 2017.McRae, a 10-yearveteran of the Winnipeg Police Service,was off-duty at the time,RCMPsaid.

RCMP say they found a manin the driver's seat of a vehicleparked on the shoulderof the Trans-Canada Highway, just west of Headingley, around 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 20, 2017.

When the RCMP officer spoke to him, the man in the vehicle displayed signs of intoxication, the RCMP said ina Wednesday news release.

The man was arrested for impaired care and control of a vehicle and taken back to the Headingley RCMP detachment. He refused to provide a breath sample, the release states.

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The Winnipeg Police Service told CBC News in December the man was one of fiveWinnipeg police officers arrested on drinking and driving charges in 2017.

Police announced the list of five at the timein December, but didn't release McRae's name thenbecause he hadn't been formally charged.