Serious Incident Response Team called in to investigate Wednesday afternoon incident in Tantallon

A Halifax Regional Police officer arrested in Tantallon is expected to be arraigned Thursday.

The province's Serious Incident Response Team says 51-year-old D/Const. Joseph Farrow has been charged with unlawfully entering a home and sexually assaulting the owner, who they say was a person known to him.

RCMP say they were called to the home at around 2 p.m. Wednesday after getting a report of an unwanted male.

Police say the 23-year member of the HRP was off-duty at the time of his arrest and spent the night in jail.

SiRT has been called in to handle the investigation.

This is the second HRP officer to be arrested in less than a week, with another officer allegedly involved in a theft at a business late last week.

That officer was arrested and released later that same day with an appearance notice.

Both officers are suspended with pay in accordance with the Nova Scotia Police Act.