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Burn, baby, burn.:format(webp)/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/gta/2021/08/29/toronto-police-officer-arrested-criminally-charged-with-breach-of-trust/toronto_police_logo.jpg)
Toronto police officer criminally charged with breach of trust, suspended with pay
The officer allegedly used a messaging app to provide information acquired using police computer systems.www.thestar.com
potentially putting the lives of police officers at risk. holy smokes!
I wonder when a politician will have the stones to cleanup the police services act. I am ok with even a minor revision that lets PSA charges proceed asap and punishment if guilty be administered asap without waiting for criminal charges to be completely dealt with. Seal the results until after criminal trial is complete if that's what needs to be done to get it through. Dragging the trial out for years while they make six figures has to stop.
There should be a review of the evidence and if they warrant going to trial then the pay should held back. If they beat the charges then feel free to give them back pay.
They won’t. The police union is too strong and their members can play the card well.
What? Tell them to go flip burgers. Sitting at home getting paid 6 figures is ********.
Agreed. But the 6 figures is with OT. So if you’re not working, I don’t know what their base is.
FYI. 1st class Constable makes $104,491.87/year. I believe that’s about the 4th year mark in terms of employment.
Pay should not be tied to the criminal charges. It should be tied to the police act charges. If guilty of the police act charges that have been laid out, he should be fired with cause. Afaik, the bar for guilty in PSA is balance of probability not beyond a reasonable doubt. A hugely lower bar (and one probably met before they even consider laying criminal charges). Pushing the PSA adjudication until after all criminal trials/appeals are complete is disgusting. If they are worried about tainting the jury pool, adjudicate the PSA charges and seal them until the trial is complete.
I'm fine with the PSA being kept just the way that it is. What needs to happen, is that the reasons for putting off trial dates need to be monitored more closely for reasonableness. Obvious delaying tactics need to be nipped in the bud. No one should be able to just ride out criminal charges until retirement. To me that goes equally for the average citizen and cops.
I’m in the wrong business…
Yup.
| Cadet in Training | $65,811.67 |
| 4th Class Constable | $73,142.64 |
| 3rd Class Constable | $83,599.34 |
| 2nd Class Constable | $94,047.70 |
| 1st Class Constable | $104,491.87 |
www.torontopolice.on.ca
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If she had shot at him as he approached her, there would likely have been no punishment.Shoot to kill!Toronto cop gets three-month demotion for firing at and missing man who had back turned
Const. Anita Watton admitted she failed to comply with Toronto police force policies and training on use of force and firearms when she chased the man with her gun drawn and fired at him.
Without the video there would like have been no punishment either (even the minor slap she got). 100% deployment of body cams can't come soon enough. If a civilian started blasting away at someone walking away, they would be criminally charged and convicted, they wouldn't get a small fine and pretend it didn't happen.
You may remember that a civilian WAS charged, a firearms instructor at that, for firing his gun away from people who were firebombing his house.
Let the union cover the costs. If the officer is not convicted, then the union is reimbursed.
He was, but after considerable time, expense, and the confiscation of his firearms.
Yup. Take the fees out of their pension fund and the apples will be kicked out by the normal rank and file.
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