What a complex situation.
High Ranking Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly
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What a complex situation.
Halifax Tar
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Looks more like a mess to me. I suspect wrong on both sides and the constable is being sacrificed.
It does. I was trying to be judicious with my wording. Your suspicion has merit.
daftandbarmy
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This piece looks pretty simple...
"McElary-Downer said she could not ignore evidence of sexual harassment such as a platoon group text where officers discussed an intimate part of Zarabi-Majd's body."
I mean, holy frack...
lenaitch
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No doubt a complex situation, but I know the Adjudicator and she is scrupulously fair, compassionate and balanced. She is ruling on the actions/inactions of the allegations against the member, not the associated events. They might have been viewed as mitigating factors, but apparently not.
daftandbarmy
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In the UK, I believe this qualifies for the death penalty...
A police officer who repeatedly punched a puppy when the pet defecated in his house has been sacked.
Video emerged of Sgt Martin Dunn, who worked in Greater Manchester Police’s specialist operations branch, attacking the five-month-old springer spaniel in March 2021.
The footage was shared online and reported to the force.
Dunn, from West Yorkshire, admitted gross misconduct at an independent disciplinary hearing on Tuesday and was dismissed without notice.
GMP said Dunn, who was placed on restricted duties when the incident was reported, had “unreservedly accepted the allegations".
He previously pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary harm to an animal at Leeds Magistrates' Court and was handed 120 hours of unpaid work and banned from keeping a dog for five years, the force said.
Ch Supt Michael Allen, head of GMP's professional standards branch, said Dunn's actions fell far short of the standard expected of police officers.
"The vast majority of police officers and staff fulfil their duties in serving the public to the highest standard and demonstrate exemplary behaviour in their private lives,” he said.
“Having a criminal conviction for animal cruelty makes Dunn wholly unsuitable to continue serving as a police officer and his cruelty towards Frank the dog is ultimately why he has lost his job.”
Officer who punched puppy in video is sacked
A police officer who repeatedly punched a puppy when the pet defecated in his house has been sacked.
Video emerged of Sgt Martin Dunn, who worked in Greater Manchester Police’s specialist operations branch, attacking the five-month-old springer spaniel in March 2021.
The footage was shared online and reported to the force.
Dunn, from West Yorkshire, admitted gross misconduct at an independent disciplinary hearing on Tuesday and was dismissed without notice.
GMP said Dunn, who was placed on restricted duties when the incident was reported, had “unreservedly accepted the allegations".
He previously pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary harm to an animal at Leeds Magistrates' Court and was handed 120 hours of unpaid work and banned from keeping a dog for five years, the force said.
Ch Supt Michael Allen, head of GMP's professional standards branch, said Dunn's actions fell far short of the standard expected of police officers.
"The vast majority of police officers and staff fulfil their duties in serving the public to the highest standard and demonstrate exemplary behaviour in their private lives,” he said.
“Having a criminal conviction for animal cruelty makes Dunn wholly unsuitable to continue serving as a police officer and his cruelty towards Frank the dog is ultimately why he has lost his job.”
Greater Manchester Police officer who punched puppy is sacked
Sgt Martin Dunn is dismissed after footage emerged of him attacking the springer spaniel.
www.bbc.com
Haggis
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I mentioned this somewhere else, but OC is not 'kung-fu in a can", despite what Hollywood wants you to believe.
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Booter
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Why can’t you believe she’s actually a terrible employee?
Halifax Tar
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I can. And I can also believe her employer had other terrible employees she had to deal with.
Hence my wrong on both sides comment.
OldSolduer
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I believe "shit show" is the accepted term.
Amen!Hope he was repeatedly punched before he was sacked.
That makes my blood boil… I’m not all that great with abusers of people, but abusers of animals?
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most complex part is the tweeter/whistelblower would not make a complaint through her own agency or an external organization. from what Ive read any way. that's why theyre tossing her. she made wide spread allegations but did not bring anything to be investigated. now I suppose her position may be that she didnt trust her own agency. or Ontario Human Rights, Or the Ontario police complaints investigative unit, or another police force. kind of hard to take her tweets seriously without anything to substantiate it.
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US sheriff: drunk driving with 3x legal alcohol limit, carrying his service weapon and driving his service vehicle, rear ends another vehicle that flips, and gets the thin Blue line discount of... Probation.
daftandbarmy
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Meanwhile, help wanted....
She conducted interviews with hundreds of officers 15 years ago and says virtually all of them said they would not recommend joining the RCMP to their child.
"Since then, I've done big studies, one just a year and a half ago in the middle of COVID, on employee well-being, and no, things have not improved."
Burnout causing low retention, says researcher
Linda Duxbury, a professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, says part of the declining interest in the field is because of low job satisfaction.She conducted interviews with hundreds of officers 15 years ago and says virtually all of them said they would not recommend joining the RCMP to their child.
"Since then, I've done big studies, one just a year and a half ago in the middle of COVID, on employee well-being, and no, things have not improved."
Anecdotally, many more police are now getting out ASAP once they can draw a pension rather than waiting to 30 or 35. If your career has taken you beyond working the road, there are a lot of job opportunities out there for former police officers that make double dipping a new job and a 50% pension quite attractive.
It's THIS kind of shit that makes all of the challenges facing our profession substantially worse...
He's a cop. He's charged with upholding the law, being an example of a good citizen in the community, and entrusted to use good judgment & discretion in the course of his duties to improve the lives of the citizenry.
And the citizenry wants to have faith in their police. They want to know that the officers patrolling their community set a good example & can be relied on to make good decisions both on & off duty.
They can't have that faith when officers do this kind of inexcusable nonsense, nor can they have faith in one of our most trusted public institutions (court) when the courts clearly show the public that there are 2 types of justice...the wag of the finger police officers get, and the book thrown at everybody else.
So she lacks enough trust in any organization/agency enough to bring anything tangible to light, including those organizations that exist solely to help her & protect her from reprisal.
And ironically enough she's a junior member of one of those agencies...
FFS...not much else you can do with her...
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Not sure about federal. For Ontario "munis" in OMERS, to qualify for an unreduced pension,
If your normal retirement age is 65, you qualify for an unreduced pension at age 65, regardless of your service, or if you are at least age 55 and:
- You have 30 years or more of service; or
- Your age + your service = 90 (the "90 Factor")
- You have 30 years or more of service;
- or Your age + your service = 85 (the "85 Factor")
If you want full retirement benefits from your city, at least in Toronto, you have to be on an unreduced pension.
Supplemental Plan
The OMERS Supplemental Plan for Police, Firefighters and Paramedics offers optional benefits for members of the police sector, firefighters and paramedics. As an OMERS employer, you may offer a benefit to a specific class or classes of employees.
www.omers.com
daftandbarmy
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That was just a great shot... they showed the whole thing on the TV news. I hope the cop gets an atta boy for that one!
bc.ctvnews.ca
IIO called to shooting in Duncan, B.C.
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