High Ranking Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

[lenaitch]

Not high ranking and a bit of a crossover to the "Walts, Posers and Wanna-be" thread. A Border Services Officer convicted of stolen valour.

https://archive.ph/2025.12.18-011938/https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/news/crime/niagara-fabricated-military-service-border-agency/article_00acbf5d-4408-5084-8dc0-390b57069550.html

I worked with a guy like that. Not the stolen valour aspect, but he loved to tell stories that embellished his decided mundane and ordinary career by hearing the stories of others then making them his own. It was all fun and games until he was recounting a story about some derry-do during a drug raid to a group that contained the actual subject of the story.

 

[Booter]

The fact that the box was in the Chief's office is indeed weird. I'm not going to make excuses for the conduct of the investigation but document and evidence handling has always been a challenge in larger investigations, particularly ones involving multiple investigators. So has tunnel vision and 'target fixation'. That something could 'end up in a box' doesn't surprise me. In the late 1990s Ontario developed the Major Case Management System along with a case management software system to log and track every single piece of information and evidence in an investigation. A lot of the precedence for what is done now came from lessons learned in the UK.

For what it's worth, I would be intrigued to see the argument that Raymer's father - if it is the one I can find record of - had some kind of weight with a 1989 investigation when he died in 1974.

This is actually super important perspective on 80s/90s investigations. Pulling and working on historical files can be very interesting.

 

[brihard]

This is actually super important perspective on 80s/90s investigations. Pulling and working on historical files can be very interesting.

Yup. The advent of MCM was a huge step forward.

I’m currently a “file coordinator” in a major case, which occupies most of my work time… Mine is all the information and data to intake, QC, ingest, store, and disclose. It sucks and is not at all why I got into policing. But without it the files fail. Right now it’s my turn and I look forward to when it’s someone else’s.

 

[lenaitch]

Yup. The advent of MCM was a huge step forward.

I’m currently a “file coordinator” in a major case, which occupies most of my work time… Mine is all the information and data to intake, QC, ingest, store, and disclose. It sucks and is not at all why I got into policing. But without it the files fail. Right now it’s my turn and I look forward to when it’s someone else’s.

We actually had difficulty in the beginning getting buy-in for the file coordinator role because everybody wanting to be out there kickin' doors and shakin' bad guys.

We had similar difficulties with 'cold case' teams. Instead of assembling records, notebooks, etc. and organizing the file to modern standards, as soon as they came across some loose end or lead that didn't look like it had been followed up 20 years ago, they were jumping in a car to chase it down.

I was part of the research team that brought in MCM to Ontario. The original impetus was to improve multi-jurisdictional major investigations after the Paul Bernardo/Scarborough Rapist/Green Ribbon Taskforce 'experience'. We worked with the FBI (not much help) but the UK was a major source of knowledge. A judicial inquiry (or whatever they call it) after the Yorkshire Ripper investigation in the 1970s revealed that they knew who the killer was, but didn't know they knew, and several lives could have been saved, primarily due to problems managing massive amounts of information. That resulted in them implementing their 'major inquiry' method and the development of HOLMES software (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System). They were in the middle of developing HOLMES II when we were there, simply due to tech advancements. They also developed training for 'case managers' vs investigators. After our work, another team developed MCM for Ontario and worked with a software provider to develop Powercase.

It was a high point of my career.

 

[brihard]

We actually had difficulty in the beginning getting buy-in for the file coordinator role because everybody wanting to be out there kickin' doors and shakin' bad guys.

We had similar difficulties with 'cold case' teams. Instead of assembling records, notebooks, etc. and organizing the file to modern standards, as soon as they came across some loose end or lead that didn't look like it had been followed up 20 years ago, they were jumping in a car to chase it down.

I was part of the research team that brought in MCM to Ontario. The original impetus was to improve multi-jurisdictional major investigations after the Paul Bernardo/Scarborough Rapist/Green Ribbon Taskforce 'experience'. We worked with the FBI (not much help) but the UK was a major source of knowledge. A judicial inquiry (or whatever they call it) after the Yorkshire Ripper investigation in the 1970s revealed that they knew who the killer was, but didn't know they knew, and several lives could have been saved, primarily due to problems managing massive amounts of information. That resulted in them implementing their 'major inquiry' method and the development of HOLMES software (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System). They were in the middle of developing HOLMES II when we were there, simply due to tech advancements. They also developed training for 'case managers' vs investigators. After our work, another team developed MCM for Ontario and worked with a software provider to develop Powercase.

It was a high point of my career.

Yup, FC sucks. And because it sucks, there’s a bad and at time dangerous tendency to treat it as a “junior guy” job when it really shouldn’t be. Not how I landed this particular one, but I see it happen regularly. Especially if a file has any legal complexity with regards to disclosure, privilege claims, etc- you want someone switched on and, especially, organized for the role. But it sucks.

 

[mariomike]

I don't think the Bible contains that phrase?

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I couldn't watch it. I been to a lot of retirement parties and never heard anything like that.

She could have simply thanked the city for allowing her to serve.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I couldn't watch it. I been to a lot of retirement parties and never heard anything like that.

She could have simply thanked the city for allowing her to serve.

As a senior public servant I know and respect once said: "We serve at the pleasure, not for the pleasure..."

 

[brihard]

As a senior public servant I know and respect once said: "We serve at the pleasure, not for the pleasure..."

Here for a long time, not a good time.

 

[lenaitch]

Yup, FC sucks. And because it sucks, there’s a bad and at time dangerous tendency to treat it as a “junior guy” job when it really shouldn’t be. Not how I landed this particular one, but I see it happen regularly. Especially if a file has any legal complexity with regards to disclosure, privilege claims, etc- you want someone switched on and, especially, organized for the role. But it sucks.

Ya, there really needs to be a mindset that disclosure, and building the Brief, starts on day one, not something to start thinking about after the charge is laid.

 

[brihard]

Ya, there really needs to be a mindset that disclosure, and building the Brief, starts on day one, not something to start thinking about after the charge is laid.

I think we’ve gotten a lot better at that.

 

[dapaterson]

A legitimate businessman in Quebec is suing after $2.1M in cash was seized from his home, but no charges laid. He has claimed in court that $300K went missing.

"Levy’s lawyers have argued Longueuil police acted improperly in obtaining and carrying out the search warrant and $300,000 in cash disappeared from his home during the search."

Seizure of $2 million: Montreal man challenging Quebec forfeiture law

Montreal businessman argues Quebec forfeiture law unconstitutional after police seized $2M from him, but never charged him with any crime

montrealgazette.com

 

[lenaitch]

A legitimate businessman in Quebec is suing after $2.1M in cash was seized from his home, but no charges laid. He has claimed in court that $300K went missing.

"Levy’s lawyers have argued Longueuil police acted improperly in obtaining and carrying out the search warrant and $300,000 in cash disappeared from his home during the search."

Seizure of $2 million: Montreal man challenging Quebec forfeiture law

Montreal businessman argues Quebec forfeiture law unconstitutional after police seized $2M from him, but never charged him with any crime

montrealgazette.com

If nothing else, the CRA may become curious.

 

[dapaterson]

If nothing else, the CRA may become curious.

Much like an onion, that story has many layers. But the allegation that police made off with $300K in cash is what brought it to this thread.

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Much like an onion, that story has many layers. But the allegation that police made off with $300K in cash is what brought it to this thread.

Best defence is a good offense??

 

[Cloud Cover]

As long as they passed the written test

Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct​

One of Chicago’s newest police sergeants had been deemed “unfit to serve” after an investigation uncovered evidence that he created a fake Facebook account and spread a nude photo of a woman he was sexually involved with, then lied to investigators about it.

Another new sergeant had been found to have engaged in conduct that “seriously undermines public faith, credibility, and trust in the Department” after he was accused of sexual assault and domestic violence.

The conclusions were made by independent investigators from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. COPA recommended firing both. The first officer ultimately negotiated a one-year suspension and was assigned to supervise officers downtown and in the West Loop. The second officer’s case is still pending; he was assigned to supervise officers patrolling neighborhoods on the city’s South Side.

The officers’ promotions this spring were not due to an oversight. Department officials knew about their disciplinary records, but those records could not be considered as the department evaluated their fitness for promotion.

The main qualifying factor was their test scores from a two-part exam.

Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct

The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.

www.propublica.org

Ever heard of this shit show? I knew both of these officers professionally

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/female-officer-killed-ex-lover-then-herself-police-1.681768

 

[Cloud Cover]

Much like an onion, that story has many layers. But the allegation that police made off with $300K in cash is what brought it to this thread.

Perhaps he owned a car wash? Anyway, who among us peasants doesn’t have their estranged spouse keep handy a pallet of cash in the house?

 

[dapaterson]

Perhaps he owned a car wash? Anyway, who among us peasants doesn’t have their estranged spouse keep handy a pallet of cash in the house?

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You're likely overestimating the size of the stash. $2.1M = 21 000 x $100 = 420 bundles of cash. A Canadian bill is 6" x 2.75"; so a 5x7 array would be 30" x 19.25", stacked 12 bundles high. A bundle is 0.18" tall; the stack would need to be 12 bundles tall, or just under 2 1/4".

Conservatively speaking, that stack looks to be about 18x as large (if not more), so could be closer to $38M. Of course, if it's $20 bills, then you're down to $7.6M...


(aka I watched Dodgeball!)

 

[Infanteer]

Not high ranking, but what is amusing in this synopsis is trying to untangle all the relationships - it's like this detachment decided to keep everything in the family.

Constable Shaun Miranda - Royal Canadian Mounted Police

decisions.rcmp.gc.ca

 

[brihard]

Not high ranking, but what is amusing in this synopsis is trying to untangle all the relationships - it's like this detachment decided to keep everything in the family.

Constable Shaun Miranda - Royal Canadian Mounted Police

decisions.rcmp.gc.ca

Not really? Married dude grabs and kisses (formerly) close friend’s fiancée at a Christmas party. The rest are witnesses. Pretty straightforward. If you subbed in Pte, Cpl, and MCpl, it would be a pretty stereotypical ‘Christmas party gone wrong’ story most would recognize I think.

A group of cops working the watch together can be very close. Probably not unlike a close knit rifle section just everyone’s a few years older. Not to excuse any of the obvious misconduct; just that the seeming tightness of the group doesn’t surprise me at all.

Ordered to resign, and I bet his marriage to another Mountie doesn’t survive. That’s an expensive bad choice. What an idiot.

 

[OldSolduer]

Ever heard of this shit show? I knew both of these officers professionally

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/female-officer-killed-ex-lover-then-herself-police-1.681768

what in the actual fuck was going on here?