Member of Waterloo Regional Police Service charged for off-duty incident

The headquarters of Waterloo Regional Police are pictured on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (David Pettitt / CTV Kitchener)

A member of the Waterloo Regional Police Service is facing assault charges after an incident in Hamilton.

According to a release from the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS), the person who was charged has been with the service for four years.

They were arrested on Jan. 11 and charged with two counts of assault and two counts of failure to comply with an undertaking in connection to incidents that happened in Hamilton between May 27 and Jan. 1.

The member has been suspended without pay.

WRPS confirmed the member was also previously charged on June 17 with two separate counts of assault in connection to a different incident on June 1 in Toronto.