‘A lack of judgement’: Off-duty Toronto cop who drove through police blockade while impaired demoted

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‘A lack of judgement’: Off-duty Toronto cop who drove through police blockade while impaired demoted

An off-duty Toronto cop who drove through a police blockade while impaired last year has been temporarily demoted, according to a recent tribunal decision.

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Slap on the wrist

 

[Anbarandy]

There is something seriously askew with cops.

Unfit, unmanageable, unhinged and unaccountable.

 

[seanzo]

This is a perfect example of why unions need to be reformed and their powers curtailed. A cop, who drives drunk and drove through a police blockade should be fired. Out of a cannon and into the sun

 

[tml]

You can look at this two ways. Be angry about the off duty cop that ran the roadblock or be happy his colleagues didn't let him off the hook because he's a cop.

 

[SchlongConery]

Lack of good judgement on the part of the police force.

If ANYONE who is required to drive s part of their job were to be arrested for impaired driving, they would be summarily FIRED! And if it was later determined to be a "wrongful dismissal", the driver could launch a lawsuit and let an independant civil court decide if it was indeed a wrongful termination.

In this situation, the police service themselves have set the example that drunk driving and almost running over police officers is forgivable, a not so serious "lack of judgement".

This must disgust good, law abiding cops.

 

[SchlongConery]

You can look at this two ways. Be angry about the off duty cop that ran the roadblock or be happy his colleagues didn't let him off the hook because he's a cop.

I don't think they could get away with this egregious near running over of a cop with so many others on site.

 

[richaceg]

Demoting does nothing...either fire his ass or let him undergo rehab before going back to the workforce at least...

 

[oakvilleguy]

Double standards

 

[jeff2]

Double standards

They do whatever they want.

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