RCMP in B.C. have arrested and charged Alan John Davidson, 58, a former Mountie, with sexual assaults against minors that allegedly occurred in the 1970s and '80s.


Major Crimes Supt. Brendan Fitzpatrick made the announcement today at a news conference in Surrey, B.C.


Fitzpatrick said the investigation began in 2012 when one of the alleged victims told police he was sexually assaulted in the 1980s.


Davidson is a former minor hockey and baseball coach.


He was arrested in Calgary Thursday.


Davidson served as an RCMP officer from 1982 to 1996.


More information to come