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After a request from Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau, the Ontario Provincial Police confirms it will investigate allegations of fraud and evidence manipulation by senior Ottawa police employees.
Bordeleau requested the investigation on Monday after Ottawa lawyer Michael Edelson sent letters to Bordeleau and two Ontario cabinet ministers outlining the allegations against two senior Ottawa police officers and a lawyer in the force’s legal department.
The letters sent by Edelson detailed legal disclosure he received in his role as lawyer to then-acting Staff Sgt. Marty Rukavina, who was previously charged by the Special Investigations Unit — along with two other constables — after a tactical training explosion in Kanata that injured two officers and three paramedics in the summer of 2014.
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The charges against Rukavina and the other officers were ultimately stayed, but disclosure of evidence provided to Edelson and two other lawyers allegedly showed that evidence in the case was changed by the force’s legal counsel and that some senior officers allegedly gave false statements during the SIU’s investigation.
The evidence at issue pertained to the use of an explosive device during the training incident that was filled with windshield washer fluid rather than water.
The disclosure showed that evidence – namely a statement by an inspector saying that windshield washer fluid was used in similar training exercises before the explosion – was allegedly changed by the force’s legal counsel to expressly state that the fluid was never used by the force, putting it at odds with the sworn evidence of other officers.
The alleged evidence manipulation could have mitigated the force’s civil and labour liability, suggesting instead that rogue officers on the day of the explosion weren’t following force policy or previous practices. But while a criminal investigation was underway, it could have also made sacrificial lambs of the accused tactical officers.
More to come.
syogaretnam@postmedia.com
twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
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Bordeleau requested the investigation on Monday after Ottawa lawyer Michael Edelson sent letters to Bordeleau and two Ontario cabinet ministers outlining the allegations against two senior Ottawa police officers and a lawyer in the force’s legal department.
The letters sent by Edelson detailed legal disclosure he received in his role as lawyer to then-acting Staff Sgt. Marty Rukavina, who was previously charged by the Special Investigations Unit — along with two other constables — after a tactical training explosion in Kanata that injured two officers and three paramedics in the summer of 2014.
Related
The charges against Rukavina and the other officers were ultimately stayed, but disclosure of evidence provided to Edelson and two other lawyers allegedly showed that evidence in the case was changed by the force’s legal counsel and that some senior officers allegedly gave false statements during the SIU’s investigation.
The evidence at issue pertained to the use of an explosive device during the training incident that was filled with windshield washer fluid rather than water.
The disclosure showed that evidence – namely a statement by an inspector saying that windshield washer fluid was used in similar training exercises before the explosion – was allegedly changed by the force’s legal counsel to expressly state that the fluid was never used by the force, putting it at odds with the sworn evidence of other officers.
The alleged evidence manipulation could have mitigated the force’s civil and labour liability, suggesting instead that rogue officers on the day of the explosion weren’t following force policy or previous practices. But while a criminal investigation was underway, it could have also made sacrificial lambs of the accused tactical officers.
More to come.
syogaretnam@postmedia.com
twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
查看原文...
