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No charges will be laid after provincial police completed their investigation into allegations of fraud and evidence manipulation made against senior Ottawa police employees.
Chief Charles Bordeleau, in a statement to all officers and then to media, confirmed he received an investigative report from the Ontario Provincial Police Thursday morning. That probe looked at the conduct of nine Ottawa Police Service employees during an Special Investigations Unit investigation into a tactical training explosion in 2014.
Bordeleau said the OPP found no evidence of misconduct as defined by the Police Services Act.
He said the probe “included interviews and a review of documents provided by a local defence lawyer and the Special Investigations Unit.”
Postmedia first reported the criminal allegations of evidence manipulation and fraud against three senior police employees in May of this year.
The allegations centred on legal disclosure lawyers received while defending then-acting Staff Sgt. Marty Rukavina, who — along with constables Serge Clement and Carl Grimard — had been charged by the SIU, the police watchdog, after a tactical training explosion in Kanata injured two officers and three paramedics in the summer of 2014.
The charges against Rukavina and the other tactical officers were ultimately stayed. However, disclosure of evidence provided to their lawyers is alleged to have shown that evidence in the case was changed by the force’s legal counsel and that some senior officers gave false statements during the SIU’s investigation.
The combined effect would have sheltered the service from civil and labour liability but would have also suggested its officers were not following standard practices and therefore possibly were responsible for the explosion.
Bordeleau requested that the OPP investigate the matter, which he said Thursday “was made in the interest of transparency.”
“I now consider this matter closed,” Bordeleau said in the statement.
“Oversight is important and we believe in it. However, this matter is another example of the intense public scrutiny that members of all ranks are subject to. We need to be cognizant of the impact it has on them.”
None of the nine employees was suspended or reassigned as a result of the investigation, Bordeleau said. Three of those employees are senior police officials while six are members of the rank-and-file union. Allegations were made against three senior police employees — a superintendent, an inspector and a lawyer in the force’s legal department. The six remaining members include those who were witnesses in the investigation.
“It is my belief that the conclusion of this OPP investigation is a reminder of the importance of not rushing to judgement,” said Bordeleau.
“I know that this has been a divisive issue both within our organization and in the public at a time when we should be striving to maintain the trust and confidence of the people we serve.
“We need to move forward for the good of the organization, our members and the community.”
More to come.
syogaretnam@postmedia.com
twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
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Chief Charles Bordeleau, in a statement to all officers and then to media, confirmed he received an investigative report from the Ontario Provincial Police Thursday morning. That probe looked at the conduct of nine Ottawa Police Service employees during an Special Investigations Unit investigation into a tactical training explosion in 2014.
Bordeleau said the OPP found no evidence of misconduct as defined by the Police Services Act.
He said the probe “included interviews and a review of documents provided by a local defence lawyer and the Special Investigations Unit.”
Postmedia first reported the criminal allegations of evidence manipulation and fraud against three senior police employees in May of this year.
The allegations centred on legal disclosure lawyers received while defending then-acting Staff Sgt. Marty Rukavina, who — along with constables Serge Clement and Carl Grimard — had been charged by the SIU, the police watchdog, after a tactical training explosion in Kanata injured two officers and three paramedics in the summer of 2014.
The charges against Rukavina and the other tactical officers were ultimately stayed. However, disclosure of evidence provided to their lawyers is alleged to have shown that evidence in the case was changed by the force’s legal counsel and that some senior officers gave false statements during the SIU’s investigation.
The combined effect would have sheltered the service from civil and labour liability but would have also suggested its officers were not following standard practices and therefore possibly were responsible for the explosion.
Bordeleau requested that the OPP investigate the matter, which he said Thursday “was made in the interest of transparency.”
“I now consider this matter closed,” Bordeleau said in the statement.
“Oversight is important and we believe in it. However, this matter is another example of the intense public scrutiny that members of all ranks are subject to. We need to be cognizant of the impact it has on them.”
None of the nine employees was suspended or reassigned as a result of the investigation, Bordeleau said. Three of those employees are senior police officials while six are members of the rank-and-file union. Allegations were made against three senior police employees — a superintendent, an inspector and a lawyer in the force’s legal department. The six remaining members include those who were witnesses in the investigation.
“It is my belief that the conclusion of this OPP investigation is a reminder of the importance of not rushing to judgement,” said Bordeleau.
“I know that this has been a divisive issue both within our organization and in the public at a time when we should be striving to maintain the trust and confidence of the people we serve.
“We need to move forward for the good of the organization, our members and the community.”
More to come.
syogaretnam@postmedia.com
twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
查看原文...
