Former Charlottetown police officer violated code of conduct

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — An investigation has decided {that a} Charlottetown police officer violated the code of conduct when dealing with a case.

The file, which was summarized on the P.E.I. police commissioner’s web site, states that the occasions underneath investigation started when an individual contacted Charlottetown Police Companies to report they’d been “administered a drug in an area bar with out their information”.

The particular person mentioned the officer “used language that humiliated them” after which didn’t examine the incident.

Police commissioner Cindy Wedge couldn’t affirm when the incident occurred in case it recognized the sufferer, however she advised SaltWire the grievance was made inside 12 months of the incident, as per the laws and was not a historic case of drink tampering.

“It got here into our workplace as a code of conduct grievance,” mentioned Wedge in an interview with SaltWire Community on Could 24.

Complaints can take certainly one of two streams as soon as they attain the police commissioner, she mentioned – prison violations or code of conduct infractions.

Code of conduct complaints are dealt with internally, so the grievance was forwarded to Charlottetown’s police chief and was then investigated by the skilled requirements officer, Sgt. Chris Watts.

SaltWire Community left two telephone messages with Watts on Could 24 however acquired no response by deadline.

“On this case, the report mentioned there was clear and convincing proof to assist the allegation of misconduct,” mentioned Wedge.

Nevertheless, the officer concerned resigned earlier than the investigation was accomplished, and the police division not has the jurisdiction to self-discipline the officer underneath the Police Act, mentioned the web site.

The division knowledgeable the particular person and supplied a written apology, mentioned Wedge.