Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

[Jarnhamar]

Hundred bucks an hour, not too shabby.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Hundred bucks an hour, not too shabby.

Hopefully it won't get paid through Phoenix

 

[GR66]

Hundred bucks an hour, not too shabby.

No wonder they're expecting to run out of compensation money!

 

[mariomike]

So, how can a police officer meet the minimum standards when they are prohibited by law from using a firearm?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/const-goran-beric-suspended-sentence-1.7085163

Don't know.

But, he made the Sunshine List.

Fri, March 27, 2026

Ottawa police officer suspended since 2023 makes Ontario's Sunshine List​

Const. Goran Beric made $131,149.79 last year, according to the database.

Ottawa police officer suspended since 2023 makes Ontario's Sunshine List

Const. Goran Beric was suspended with pay after being convicted of assault.

ca.news.yahoo.com

 

[daftandbarmy]

Meghann M. Cuniff on Instagram: "Patrick Noonan is an officer with the North Andover Police Department in Massachusetts who shot an off-duty colleague last year while trying to serve a restraining order that her fiancé obtained against her. Kelsey F

2,893 likes, 229 comments - meghanncuniff on March 24, 2026: "Patrick Noonan is an officer with the North Andover Police Department in Massachusetts who shot an off-duty colleague last year while trying to serve a restraining order that her fiancé obtained against her. Kelsey Fitzsimmons is now...

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[OldSolduer]

So, how can a police officer meet the minimum standards when they are prohibited by law from using a firearm?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/const-goran-beric-suspended-sentence-1.7085163

We had an infantry soldier who had MELs that stated he could not handle weapons

 

[daftandbarmy]

We had an infantry soldier who had MELs that stated he could not handle weapons

 

[OldSolduer]

Yup.

 

[mariomike]

Yup.

Depends on the employer. YMMV

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[lenaitch]

Not so much behaving badly, but getting bad press.

OPP Charge 93 Year Old With Assault

This is the type of response you get when the system removes professional discretion. It has been Ministry policy for years that charges are to be laid in intimate partner incidents if the charge is made out (although I suspect in this case, 'intimate' is used loosely).

The senior's centre had to report the incident by law. The police had to lay a charge by policy. No copper is going to stick their neck out when there have been too many instances where discretion was exercised, it turned out not as planned and the cop was left twisting in the wind.

The Ministry spokesperson is being disingenuous by saying they don't direct charges; its policy clearly does.

No doubt this charge will go nowhere.

 

[Haggis]

Not so much behaving badly, but getting bad press.

OPP Charge 93 Year Old With Assault

No doubt this charge will go nonowhere.

The linked article states the Crown withdrew the charge.

 

[Booter]

In the story the officers notes also indicate that they didn’t believe they were capable of the mind required of the crime- they wanted the charges unsuccessful and to be compliant with policy.

Our policy is like this too- but I always have NCOs articulate the reason to be outside policy and close the file where an exception exists.

But even then there are folks who do their own thing.

 

[lenaitch]

The linked article states the Crown withdrew the charge.

Missed that. Thanks.

I've been trying to find a copy of Ontario's 'mandatory charge policy' document but am unable; although a number of other websites reference it.

In the story the officers notes also indicate that they didn’t believe they were capable of the mind required of the crime- they wanted the charges unsuccessful and to be compliant with policy.

Our policy is like this too- but I always have NCOs articulate the reason to be outside policy and close the file where an exception exists.

But even then there are folks who do their own thing.

I thought of that angle too. Sometimes, laying a charge is the only way to 'engage the system'; although I'm not sure that is the case here.

Cops decide to lay a charge knowing it will go nowhere but their butts are covered. A lot of 'domestic calls' end up this way. Buddy (most often) ends up entering into a peace bond and a getting a conditional discharge - the only condition being make a donation to a charity and, oh look, there's a representative sitting in the courtroom. Buddy gets it over with and can go back to work; missus is happy if she didn't want charges in the first place.

In some rural areas, the cops know the regulars and can almost pre-write the reports on a weekend night. For some it's a lifestyle. Doing battle on at night then seen shopping together at Canadian Tire or Walmart the next day.