HUNTSVILLE — A police officer from the Greater Toronto Area will have stricter driving conditions for the next 12 months following a careless driving conviction.

Christopher Cull, 34, appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Huntsville Wednesday, Dec. 13 to answer to charges stemming from a weekend getaway in Muskoka.

Crown attorney Lyndsay Jeanes said on Oct. 1, 2017, an officer with Huntsville OPP conducted a traffic stop around 11 a.m. on a pickup truck that was towing a trailer with no licence plate attached. The driver, identified as Christopher Cull, was unable to locate the ownership for the trailer. The officer returned to the cruiser to do further inquiries using on-board equipment. Cull then got out of his vehicle and approached the passenger side of the cruiser with expired insurance slips for the vehicle. In speaking with Cull, the officer detected an odour of alcohol on his breath, said Jeanes.

The officer inquired with Cull about his sobriety.

"He said that he drank heavily at a wedding the night prior but had stopped drinking at midnight," Crown attorney Lyndsay Jeanes.

"He said that he drank heavily at a wedding the night prior but had stopped drinking at midnight," said Jeanes.

Cull registered a fail on a roadside breath test and was subsequently arrested and transported to the Huntsville OPP detachment where he was subsequently charged with operation over 80.

Cull's lawyer told the court that he has been a police officer in Peel for the last 12 years.

Justice Stacey Nichols found Cull guilty of careless driving and sentenced him to a $1,000 fine in addition to a victim fine surcharge and 12 months of probation. During his probation, Cull is only permitted to drive a vehicle that has a properly installed interlock device or a police vehicle on an assigned shift. His blood-alcohol content must always be at zero during the full 12 months.

The operation over 80 charge was withdrawn by the Crown.