— A veteran police chief in Bridgewater, N.S., has been placed on leave while investigators look into allegations of sexual assault and obstruction of justice made against him in relation to a teenaged girl. Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team, or SIRT, announced earlier this month it was investigating information from an outside police force about the incidents involving the teen. “I have been placed on administrative leave until these allegations can be fully investigated,” he wrote. “I await the results of the SIRT investigation. Ron MacDonald, the director of SIRT, said the investigation will proceed at the usual pace and a report will be filed upon its completion.

Source: National Post August 30, 2016 16:52 UTC