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An Ottawa police officer has been charged with threatening a teen after allegedly brandishing a knife and flashing his badge after entering the teen’s home, this newspaper has learned.
Const. Marcel Allen was in a police cellblock Tuesday evening after being arrested by east patrol officers. Police allege that Allen entered a teen’s home with a knife looking to settle a dispute between the teen and one of his own children.
Ottawa police have now charged him with criminal harassment, possessing a weapon and unlawful entry.
Allen has epilepsy, a condition he has been vocal about in the past. After his arrest Tuesday, Allen had what is believed to have been a seizure and was taken to hospital from the cellblock, this newspaper has learned.
While he is not currently on active duty, Allen has been an officer since 1995.
He is an advocate for developing a training program for police to recognize and respond to people having seizures. He has also advocated for people to disclose their epilepsy to their employers and colleagues.
In 2016, Allen told CBC Edmonton that he had woken up in handcuffs three times after having seizures while on the job. However, Allen does not have a criminal record. He also said he was Tasered in front of his children on Parliament Hill in 2008 following a seizure episode while he was off duty. A blog post on Epilepsy Ontario, a charity and awareness organization in which Allen has frequently appeared, attributes the same event to 2010.
As an officer with an unpredictable and chronic neurological condition, Allen was not permitted, when on duty, to drive a cruiser or carry a gun.
Allen also has a lengthy history of internal discipline.
In 2013, he was docked 24 hours of pay and was told to attend mandatory training after a 2012 incident where he approached a civilian employee and “put his arm around her neck.” The actions were not welcomed by the woman and a disciplinary hearing found they were “clearly inappropriate” and an “embarrassment” to the police force.
In 2006, Allen was demoted for six months after he crashed his personal vehicle into a construction fence on Metcalfe St., while driving without insurance in 2005. He fled the scene without reporting the collision. That collision occurred after Allen had just worked as part of a police security detail while former American president George Bush was in Ottawa. Police were able to track their fellow officer when a construction worker at the collision found Allen’s licence plate, which had fallen off his vehicle. Allen’s vehicle hadn’t been insured for nearly 16 months and also had an expired registration. Ontario drivers with epilepsy may be permitted to drive if they satisfy a series of conditions, including being seizure-free for a minimum of six months. Allen was also fined $2,500 under the Highway Traffic Act for the infraction.
In 2004, Allen accidentally fired a bullet in the men’s police locker room when he ejected a round from his police gun but didn’t remove the magazine. He was docked a day’s pay for that.
Allen has also been informally disciplined by the force. In 2003, he missed three paid-duty assignments.
More to come.
syogaretnam@postmedia.com
twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
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Const. Marcel Allen was in a police cellblock Tuesday evening after being arrested by east patrol officers. Police allege that Allen entered a teen’s home with a knife looking to settle a dispute between the teen and one of his own children.
Ottawa police have now charged him with criminal harassment, possessing a weapon and unlawful entry.
Allen has epilepsy, a condition he has been vocal about in the past. After his arrest Tuesday, Allen had what is believed to have been a seizure and was taken to hospital from the cellblock, this newspaper has learned.
While he is not currently on active duty, Allen has been an officer since 1995.
He is an advocate for developing a training program for police to recognize and respond to people having seizures. He has also advocated for people to disclose their epilepsy to their employers and colleagues.
In 2016, Allen told CBC Edmonton that he had woken up in handcuffs three times after having seizures while on the job. However, Allen does not have a criminal record. He also said he was Tasered in front of his children on Parliament Hill in 2008 following a seizure episode while he was off duty. A blog post on Epilepsy Ontario, a charity and awareness organization in which Allen has frequently appeared, attributes the same event to 2010.
As an officer with an unpredictable and chronic neurological condition, Allen was not permitted, when on duty, to drive a cruiser or carry a gun.
Allen also has a lengthy history of internal discipline.
In 2013, he was docked 24 hours of pay and was told to attend mandatory training after a 2012 incident where he approached a civilian employee and “put his arm around her neck.” The actions were not welcomed by the woman and a disciplinary hearing found they were “clearly inappropriate” and an “embarrassment” to the police force.
In 2006, Allen was demoted for six months after he crashed his personal vehicle into a construction fence on Metcalfe St., while driving without insurance in 2005. He fled the scene without reporting the collision. That collision occurred after Allen had just worked as part of a police security detail while former American president George Bush was in Ottawa. Police were able to track their fellow officer when a construction worker at the collision found Allen’s licence plate, which had fallen off his vehicle. Allen’s vehicle hadn’t been insured for nearly 16 months and also had an expired registration. Ontario drivers with epilepsy may be permitted to drive if they satisfy a series of conditions, including being seizure-free for a minimum of six months. Allen was also fined $2,500 under the Highway Traffic Act for the infraction.
In 2004, Allen accidentally fired a bullet in the men’s police locker room when he ejected a round from his police gun but didn’t remove the magazine. He was docked a day’s pay for that.
Allen has also been informally disciplined by the force. In 2003, he missed three paid-duty assignments.
More to come.
syogaretnam@postmedia.com
twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
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