Senior Toronto police officer cheat

[happeedays]

So this lady took it upon herself to level the playing field and give 6 black officers the questions ahead of time so they could prepare for a promotional interview.
She felt this was ok given systemic racism in the police force

what should the police due

1) make her the police chief
2) fire her ass

 

[SchlongConery]

So this lady took it upon herself to level the playing field and give 6 black officers the questions ahead of time so they could prepare for a promotional interview.
She felt this was ok given systemic racism in the police force

what should the police due

1) make her the police chief
2) fire her ass

Before anyone answers... what is the colour of her skin so everyone can apply their racism accordingly.

I say fire her and whomever else cheats.

But this being TPS, it seems cheating and lying is historically a job requirement. So this bunch are destined for great things. They're naturals and she's a born leader!

 

[SchlongConery]

Ok, so she is black and is a fucking SUPERINTENDANT! And is playing the race card herself. And her decision was pre-meditated.

High-ranking Toronto police officer explains isolation, mistreatment at TPS that pushed her to help officers cheat on exam

The first female Black superintendent in Toronto Police Service history was attempting to diversify the ranks on her own when she helped six constables cheat in a promotions exam, her lawyer told a police tribunal.

toronto.ctvnews.ca

The first female Black superintendent in Toronto Police Service history was in despair over what she believed was systemic mistreatment of Black officers and was attempting to diversify the ranks on her own when she helped six constables cheat in a promotions exam, her lawyer told a police tribunal Monday.

was “frustrated and desperate” at the slow pace of change in the service and believed her efforts to promote qualified Black candidates were falling on deaf ears, lawyer Joseph Markson said during the tribunal hearing that will ultimately determine her punishment within the organization.

“As the first Black female superintendent in the history of the Toronto Police Service, Supt. Clarke has been running uphill and against the wind for more than 26 years,” said lawyer Joseph Markson.

“In these unique and extraordinary circumstances, there is a straight line in connecting systemic discrimination in policing towards Blacks, Supt. Clarke’s lived experience, and the facts of misconduct to which she had pled guilty. She is extremely remorseful for her misconduct. However those acts of misconduct were rooted in real despair, real hurt and real pain.”


.... I was frustrated and desperate. I myself had benefitted from lobbying on my behalf in the past. However the differential treatment experience by the candidates I was mentoring was painful….A rising tide of emotions overwhelmed me. I decided that if the opportunity presented itself I would assist the candidates and make a desperate effort to level the playing field.”


So the cheating was pre-meditated!

 

[bazokajoe]

Fire her ass and demote any officers to parking enforcement that she helped out.

 

[Hands95]

FIRE.HER.ASS. No one benefits from this, least of all the ones she is trying to 'promote'. The DEI nonsense has made people look at anyone under this banner with a side eye as to their actual qualifications.

 

[primetimebob]

After what she did, the police board has to fire her. A leopard will never change its spots.

 

[Kautilya]

So on further review, it seems that Clarke based on feedback from 500 police officers, not 500 black police officers, but 500 police officers, came up with a new procedure to provide everyone with questions in advance because there was lots of favouritism, nepotism, and these appear to have been split along racial lines. The TPS seems to have accepted it but not formalized it as a process and I guess she got frustrated and went over their heads. I think this context is important to note.

Systemic failure to promote Black officers under microscope as superintendent apologizes for helping racialized police cheat

In emotional and raw testimony at a disciplinary tribunal, the first Black female superintendent in the Toronto Police Service apologized for helping racialized constables cheat a promotional exam.

www.cp24.com

Clarke said she remained loyal to the Toronto Police Service despite the ostracization she felt after the misconduct allegations were made public.

But through her testimony and that of McGill Professor Wendell Adjetey, the tribunal looked at what Clarke called “the why,” which came down to a systemic failure to promote Black officers.

Adjetey highlighted a 2021 Toronto Police Services Board meeting where then-mayor John Tory asked the service whether it had structured the promotion process in a way that disadvantaged Black candidates.

“Maybe ask the chief and the service to do a little bit more to look into this and to decide if there’s something wrong,” Tory said at the time, pointing to statistics that of a pool of 58 Black applicants, 13.7 per cent were interviewed, and 1.7 per cent were hired.

Adjetey said outside the hearing that favoured officers often got special treatment, and thanks to the makeup of the TPS’s senior staff, that broke down on racial lines.

“They often benefited white men within the service. There was nepotism. There was favouritism and all types of other issues. And it’s common practice that senior officers when they mentor, they share information,” Adjetey said outside the hearing.

The proposed solution that Clarke championed was a new procedure that involved providing everyone with questions in advance.

“It was based on feedback from 500 Toronto police officers, not 500 Black officers, who thought the promotional process was unfair,” said Audrey Campbell of the Jamaican Canadian Association, who has testified for Clarke.

The Toronto Police Service Board oversees the police service, and even though it adopted the new plan, the police service didn’t put it into practice, Adjetey testified.

“Before its implementation, the TPS made an executive decision without warning to suspend the new process and revert to the original, unfair practice that the members identified in the external review,” wrote Adjetey in a report entered into evidence.

“It stands to reason that had the TPS implemented the new promotional process, Supt. Clarke would not have felt the desperate need to flatten the playing field by providing Black officers with the interview questions,” he wrote.

It’s not clear why the policy was never adopted. A TPS spokesperson said that the service would not comment while the tribunal was under way, but said it would respond after its conclusion.

“It was fully accepted, and these officers truly believed it would be implemented. And someone along the way decided that they weren’t going to implement all of it,” Campbell said outside the hearing.

It was in that context that Clarke shared the questions to six officers, she said.

 

[jeff2]

Fire this guy also.

‘Riddled with lies’: Toronto cop guilty of stealing Swiss watch and credit cards from dead people, using stolen car and abusing databases

Toronto police Const. Boris Borissov’s testimony was “completely unworthy of belief,” Judge Mary Misener wrote.

www.thestar.com

 

[jeff2]

So this lady took it upon herself to level the playing field and give 6 black officers the questions ahead of time so they could prepare for a promotional interview.
She felt this was ok given systemic racism in the police force

what should the police due

1) make her the police chief
2) fire her ass

3)suspend with pay?

 

[dvous11]

Corruption in the Police Force???
How unusual

 

[xix]

First some women in some places of Gov't have to sleep to move up. I don't agree with it but it happens.

She , according to news article, didn't sleep with them. So what is the problem?

 

[SchlongConery]

So on further review, it seems that Clarke based on feedback from 500 police officers, not 500 black police officers, but 500 police officers, came up with a new procedure to provide everyone with questions in advance because there was lots of favouritism, nepotism, and these appear to have been split along racial lines. The TPS seems to have accepted it but not formalized it as a process and I guess she got frustrated and went over their heads. I think this context is important to note.


The proposed solution that Clarke championed was a new procedure that involved providing everyone with questions in advance.

“It was based on feedback from 500 Toronto police officers, not 500 Black officers, who thought the promotional process was unfair,” said Audrey Campbell of the Jamaican Canadian Association, who has testified for Clarke.

The Toronto Police Service Board oversees the police service, and even though it adopted the new plan, the police service didn’t put it into practice, Adjetey testified.

“Before its implementation, the TPS made an executive decision without warning to suspend the new process and revert to the original, unfair practice that the members identified in the external review,” wrote Adjetey in a report entered into evidence.

“It stands to reason that had the TPS implemented the new promotional process, Supt. Clarke would not have felt the desperate need to flatten the playing field by providing Black officers with the interview questions,” he wrote.

It’s not clear why the policy was never adopted. A TPS spokesperson said that the service would not comment while the tribunal was under way, but said it would respond after its conclusion.

“It was fully accepted, and these officers truly believed it would be implemented. And someone along the way decided that they weren’t going to implement all of it,” Campbell said outside the hearing.

It was in that context that Clarke shared the questions to six officers, she said.

That puts things into much clearer context. The Good ole Boys who want to make sure their and their buddies sons daughters (police family) get promoted. And any hard working activist types are overlooked or passed by as a result.

And supports my very first, and the first response to the original question!

But this being TPS, it seems cheating and lying is historically a job requirement. So this bunch are destined for great things. They're naturals and she's a born leader!

The TPS is fundamentally corrupt to its very essence. Not anywhere near to Georgia where City Police, County Sheriffs and State Troopers ahve their own internal turf wars and the southern US practice of roadside cash stickups civil forfeiture of, literally, the cash in your car. But this police department culture has now become one of a civil service where promotions and making more money are such core motivations that the rand and file and the public suffer.

 

[SchlongConery]

That puts things into much clearer context. The Good ole Boys who want to make sure their and their buddies sons daughters (police family) get promoted. And any hard working activist types are overlooked or passed by as a result.

And supports my very first, and the first response to the original question!



The TPS is fundamentally corrupt to its very essence. Not anywhere near to Georgia where City Police, County Sheriffs and State Troopers ahve their own internal turf wars and the southern US practice of roadside cash stickups civil forfeiture of, literally, the cash in your car. But this police department culture has now become one of a civil service where promotions and making more money are such core motivations that the rand and file and the public suffer.

Having said all that.... I have changed my opinion on what I think should happen to her.

Unless she has any other history of lying or even marginally discreditable conduct, I think she should receive a formal reprimand and write a letter addressed to the entire rank and file, explaining that while her intentions were noble, that dishonesty brings the the force into disrepute. Thereby putting their safety and very lives at risk from a city who may permanently lose trust with them.

It seems from what I read, she is competent, well intentioned, proactive and otherwise honourable. It seems this sort of transgression was, and is, systemic in the TPS promotional process. And this particular act of providing answers in advance was actually approved by the Board, but never formally codified and put into official practice by the Chief.