Toronto police officer charged with sexual assault, child luring offences: SIU - BERITAJA

A Toronto police serviceman is facing aggregate criminal charges, including intersexual battle and kid luring offences, pursuing an investigation by Ontario’s constabulary watchdog.

The Special Investigations Unit said Thursday that Const. Parsa Hazeri has been charged successful relationship pinch allegations involving a female younker successful Toronto betwixt September and December 2025.

Joseph Martino, SIU director, had reasonable grounds to judge the serviceman committed criminal offences, according to the news release.

According to the SIU, Hazeri has been charged pinch intersexual assault, intersexual interference, invitation to intersexual rubbing and transmitting sexually definitive worldly to a personification nether the property of 16.

Hazeri is besides being charged pinch communicating pinch a personification nether the property of 16 for the intent of facilitating an offence, breach of spot and sloppy handling of a firearm.

In a connection to BERITAJA, the Toronto Police Service said Hazeri was assigned to 33 Division and has 3 years of service.

Police said they instantly notified the SIU erstwhile they became alert of the title successful January 2026.

The work said Hazeri was suspended the aforesaid time nether the Community Safety and Policing Act, removed from operational duties and had his constabulary powers revoked.

Following Thursday’s charges, the constabulary main has initiated proceedings to activity Hazeri’s dismissal and served him pinch announcement of suspension without pay.

Hazeri was arrested astatine SIU office connected Thursday greeting and held for a bail proceeding earlier being released connected respective conditions, including that he does not pass straight aliases indirectly pinch the complainant.

In a statement, Toronto Police Association president Clayton Campbell said the national is alert of the charges laid by the SIU.

He is scheduled to look earlier the Ontario Court of Justice successful Toronto connected July 17.