A former Saskatoon police officer, fired in September with two other officers after an off-duty hot tub party in his backyard, is now charged with assault.

Dylan Kemp was arrested, charged and released on Thursday, according to a news release from the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). He is scheduled to appear in Saskatoon provincial court Nov. 27.

SIRT did not identify the officer as Kemp. Multiple sources confirmed his identity to CBC.

The agency became involved after Saskatoon police launched its own internal code of conduct review into the events at the party last fall.

SIRT investigates "matters where serious injury or death may have occurred while in the custody of police, as a result of the actions of a police officer, or where sexual assault or interpersonal

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