Why it’s so hard to fire an Ontario cop — even when they’re convicted

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Why it’s so hard to fire an Ontario cop — even when they’re convicted
المملكة العربية السعودية أحدث الأخبار,المملكة العربية السعودية عناوين
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Convicted of drug trafficking, guilty of raping an unconscious woman, and recently fired, an OPP officer has been suspended with pay for nearly eight years. He’s still on the payroll.

to the province for changes, saying the “archaic” system “simply no longer instils public trust.” They proposed a new arbitration model that would allow for disciplinary action, including termination, to be taken swiftly and independent of criminal proceedings.

Last week, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government promised change was coming after years of Ontario’s police legislation being in flux. In 2018, an omnibus Liberal policing bill was set to expand chiefs’ powers to suspend without pay before it was put on hold by the newly elected Ford government, which called it the “most anti-police legislation in Canadian history.”

“No one convicted of a serious and disturbing crime like this should be receiving a taxpayer-funded salary,” Kerzner said last Monday. But while he supports chiefs having greater abilities to fire or suspend without pay, Laming warned against using an exceptional case like Redmond’s to overcorrect. Officers are owed the presumption of innocence and due process when facing criminal charges or public complaints, he said.

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