Oh FFS...
New sexual misconduct allegations emerge against disgraced former Vancouver police officer
Keiron McConnell's admitted misconduct was with former student
Less than three weeks after he was punished last May for sexually harassing five women, a disgraced former Vancouver Police officer admitted to sexual misconduct involving another woman whose name he later searched on a police database in violation of police rules.
The stunning new revelations against former sergeant Keiron McConnell were made public by B.C. Police Complaint Commissioner Prabhu Rajan Wednesday as he announced plans to review the 10-day suspension the now-retired officer received at the previously undisclosed proceeding.
Rajan detailed a criminal investigation and an entirely separate set of Police Act proceedings that played out — unbeknownst to the public — even as McConnell admitted at an open hearing last spring to sending unwelcome sexualized messages to former colleagues and students.
Admitted misconduct 'serious'
According to Rajan, just over two weeks after the public hearing closed, McConnell reached a deal that saw him admit at the closed-door hearing to having sex with a former student hours after meeting her at a club in 2005 while he was in uniform.
The woman involved had claimed he'd sexually assaulted her; however, after an investigation, police did not recommend charges over the incident.
In exchange for a 10-day suspension, he also admitted to exchanging inappropriate messages with the woman in the years that followed — and then querying her name in a police database in May 2023, "without documenting the reason for the query."