A Toronto police officer has been charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident following a St. Patrick’s Day collision in the city’s downtown core.

Police were called to the Adelaide Street East and Jarvis Street area at around 8 p.m. on Tuesday after the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash allegedly drove away from the scene.

Brandon Polak, 35, was subsequently arrested and charged.

Police say Polak, a drug squad constable with 13 years of experience on the force, was off-duty at the time of the alleged offence.

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