The parole board back pedalled:
Reminds me of the days when OPP would set up as a fake road crew, with a white van, to catch speeders at Forks of the Credit.
Agree. Yet another government organization that needs a grenade. The compensation has detached from the education and work required. Kenya has some cops but not many and they mainly deal with HTA type stuff. People that want protection hire security companies that will respond quickly in large numbers. My property tax going to police is well over $500/yr and climbing fast. Given that I need police every few decades, I'd be better served sending my $500/yr to a private company with a guaranteed service time. Better service for me and a profitable business for them.
www.cp24.com
"We gave him the harshest penalty possible short of termination". He lied under oath, torpedoed a case and is an untrustworthy pos. Termination should have been the default and going after him for waste of public resources should have been the question mark.Officer’s inaccurate testimony ‘will undoubtedly tarnish the image of the Toronto Police Service:’ police tribunal
A Toronto cop who “derailed” a criminal investigation by “inaccurately” testifying that he saw drugs in plain view inside a suspect’s car has been demoted for two years after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct, a decision from the police tribunal read.
"Officer’s inaccurate testimony ‘will undoubtedly tarnish the image of the Toronto Police Service:’ police tribunal"
No... you keeping cops like this guy employed is what tarnishes the TPS image.
If they fired the thieves that committed perjury they may not have many left. You can't be setting that precedent.
With how hard it seems to be to get hired by TPS, you would think that the standard for officers maintaining their employment would be a bit higher.
Holy crap. I hadn't read much past the headlines. This is his second conviction. Complete no brainer for termination with cause. Maybe the SIU and triubunal should be made up exclusively of people that have no connection to police. It seems to be almost impossible to have consequences for your actions beyond multi-year paid vacations.
www.thestar.com
Poor him. His time in jail is "horrific". I'm sure the multiple people he was robbing while armed with a gun were having the time of their lives.‘Filthy, underfed and caged’: Citing Toronto jail conditions, judge slashes sentence of man who ‘embarked on night of terror’
“I only hope that those conditions have caused him to reflect and to not want to commit further offences and end up back in jail,” the judge wrote.
The sentence is already light IMO.. but they're taking time off for the conditions in jails.
To be fair, TFD and EMS do one helluva job and not just in their primary functions. First on any scene is usually TFD, and would YOU honestly want to be an EMS ? Incredibly high rate of suicide from being on the job - scraping people up off the pavement or out of burnt down houses will do that to ya. I have no beef with any of them.
