Darling Harbour: Police officer charged with affray

An off duty police officer has been charged after an alleged late-night incident of violence at Darling Harbour. The 23-year-old man has been charged with affray.

An off-duty police officer has been charged with affray after an alleged late-night incident of violence at Darling Harbour.

The incident allegedly involving the 23-year-old man, who is attached to a command in the Southwest Metropolitan Region, took place in the early hours of Sunday.

The charge of affray is issued when a person is allegedly involved in a situation where violence, or threatened violence, escalates to a level where people in the vicinity would fear for their own safety.

The 23-year-old police officer will appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday July 20.