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A nine-year member of the Regina Police Service (RPS) has been put on administrative leave after being charged with impaired driving and fleeing the scene of a collision.

Const. Scott Shane Ash, 35, has been charged with impaired operation of a conveyance, exceed .08 and failure to stop after an accident.

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According to an RPS news release, a two-vehicle collision happened at approximately 10 p.m. on Wednesday in the area of Lewvan Drive and Harbour Landing Drive. No injuries were reported.

RPS members were dispatched to the scene and discovered one of the vehicles involved had driven away. Senior members conducted an investigation that led to Ash’s arrest. Police said he was not on duty at the time of the collision.

“Regardless of whether you’re a police member or you’re a member of the public, we hold people accountable for their actions. At the Regina Police Service, we don’t condone what happened with Const. Ash, but in the same respect, when these things do happen we recognize that everybody is human and they do make mistakes,” said RPS Acting Chief Dean Rae.