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OddSox

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The impaired charge will be used at her drug trial to demonstrate that she has a substance abuse problem and will either get her off or will mitigate the circumstances to the point where she gets a good deal. It may be a trumped up charge or she may really have a problem.

Several years ago an officer in Ottawa was charged with taking crack from the evidence locker. He was put on paid leave and eventually found guilty, with a suspended sentence and treatment provisions. Last I heard, he is still working for the police force, and fighting to get off the desk and back on the road - now that his 'disease is under treatment'...

By the way, paid leave after being charged is provided for under the Police Services Act - a provincial regulation. They still have to check in at the station at the beginning and end of every shift, or they don't get paid...
 
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thompo69

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destillat said:
Really?
Hmm... so someone wearing a mask and pointing a gun is innocent until proven guilty... but someone who blows too much alcohol into a battery powered road-side device is guilty with no opportunity to be proven innocent?
Canada has no constitution that protects it's people. This 'constitution' you speak of ebbs and flows at the whim of politicans and lobbyists.
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I think you misunderstand more than few things...
 
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destillat said:
Then please enlighten me...
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I can only assume you were referring to the recent changes to the Highway Traffic Act implemented by the McGuinty government in relation to impaired driving, in which case you aren't found guilty of anything. You face an administrative penalty, not a criminal one.
 
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thompo69 said:
I can only assume you were referring to the recent changes to the Highway Traffic Act implemented by the McGuinty government in relation to impaired driving, in which case you aren't found guilty of anything. You face an administrative penalty, not a criminal one.
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An administrative penalty with the same potential repercussions (higher insurance, cancelled insurance, loss of livelyhood, etc) as the criminal one. These so-called 'administrative penalties' while do not equal a criminal record, they DO sit on your drivers licence.

'Administrative penalty' is a slick way of presenting a bowl of dog-shit as chocolate pudding.
 
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thompo69

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destillat said:
An administrative penalty with the same potential repercussions (higher insurance, cancelled insurance, loss of livelyhood, etc) as the criminal one. These so-called 'administrative penalties' while do not equal a criminal record, they DO sit on your drivers licence.

'Administrative penalty' is a slick way of presenting a bowl of dog-shit as chocolate pudding.
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No, it's an important distinction in law.
 
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thompo69 said:
No, it's an important distinction in law.
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True dat.

Usually, there is no legal recourse or challenge available regarding administrative penalties whereas with criminal charges, there are.
 
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squash500

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I find this whole case shocking:( . This officer is being suspended with pay and yet she has done such things as allegedly robbing a pharmacy and driving drunk.

If this were a normal civilian then he/she would be in a boatload of trouble right now? A normal civilian I'm sure wouldn't be on any sort of paid leave?
 
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If this were a normal civilian then he/she would be in a boatload of trouble right now? A normal civilian I'm sure wouldn't be on any sort of paid leave?
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A "normal" civilian charged with armed robbery would be on remand i.e. in jail until trial.
 
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thompo69

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destillat said:
LOL. When the consequences are the same, the distinction is purely academic.

tomato... tumahtoe... toemaytoe.
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Consequences aren't the same. Criminal records, jail time, yadda yadda...
 
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thompo69

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rafterman said:
A "normal" civilian charged with armed robbery would be on remand i.e. in jail until trial.
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Maybe. maybe not. She could be out on significant bail.
 
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wow! this is ridiculous! How does an officer get charged with robbery and still allowed to keep her badge? I'm sick of the system that lets people like her off... Just because she has a badge, doesn't make her special or give her more rights than any other law abiding citizen.

There is a case down in the states involving a US Army solider who served in Iraq. The soldier ended up raping a 14 yr old Iraqi girl in front of her family and shot them all to death afterwards. I hope the American justice system gives him the death penalty to prove that being an american soldier gives you no right to treat other innocent civillians like the way he did... fucking rednecks
 
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squash500

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thompo69 said:
Maybe. maybe not. She could be out on significant bail.
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If her case ever comes up for trial:) ? The justice system with regards to this police officers alleged misdeeds doesn't seem to be moving too swiftly?
 
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