Officer demoted after drunk driving incident December 28, 2020 Reading time: 2 min Cornwall Police Service 2019 crest.
CORNWALL, Ontario – A Cornwall Police Officer has been demoted for nine months after being caught driving while impaired.
Then Det. S/Sgt. Robert Archambault was stopped by an OPP officer near Rosedale Terrace in South Stormont after 5 p.m. on Aug. 8.
Archambault’s vehicle had been observed swerving into on coming traffic on Hwy. 138 and also driving on the gravel shoulder.
An OPP officer observed Archambault dumping out a can of beer on the side of the road. Archambault was taken into custody and charged with Impaired Driving. Two blood alcohol tests found that his blood alcohol level was 188 out of 100 milliliters after the first test and 177 out of 100 milliliters after the second.