A new Scotland Mountie abused her role when she followed an intimate sexual relationship with the plaintiff in a assault case in which she was the main researcher, according to a rul of the CMP code of conduct.
The judge who supervises the case, Gina Lévesque, said that the Mountie acted inappropriately and discredited the force.
“Police officers have the duty to protect vulnerable people. [He] He could not do that, “Lévesque wrote in his April decision, which was only made public at the end of last month.
“This behavior is serious.”
While the decision appoints the RCMP officer in question, CBC News has decided not to identify it because there are children involved.
The relationship between the Mountie and the woman, whose identity is protected in the decision and is only known as Mrs. I, dates back to 2015 and its origin remained secret of the RCMP and the prosecution.
According to the agreed events, Mrs. I went to the police claiming that her boyfriend at that time was verbal and physically abusive with her, even in the presence of her three -year -old son.
The officer in question was assigned as the principal investigator.
Not much time in the investigation, an intimate and then sexual sexual relationship began with Mrs. I. She became pregnant with her first three children while the criminal case was ongoing, according to the decision.
After presenting the initial complaint, Mrs. I moved to a safe house, aimed at taking refuge and providing advice services to the victims of the couple’s violence and their children.
As part of the conduct audience, the Mountie admitted that he visited the safe house inappropriate to seek an intimate sexual relationship with Mrs. I. This was equivalent to “by placing his personal or private interests before his professional responsibilities as an RCMP officer,” according to the decision.
He said that the Mountie worked regularly with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Nueva Scotia as the main investigator, but did not inform the lawyer of the senior crown that he was in a relationship with Mrs. I.
He “admits that he owed a professional responsibility to both RCMP and the Administration of Justice, to completely reveal his intimate sexual relationship with Mrs. I. [the file]”The decision said.
The ex -boyfriend was ultimately arrested for assault and forced confinement and sentenced to six months in jail, according to the decision.
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In 2022, the subject officer trusted a colleague about the relationship, ultimately, stimulating the disciplinary case.
“You confirmed that” you knew it was the wrong thing to do “and that it was an inappropriate relationship. You abused your position and authority as a police officer to pursue and then develop an intimate sexual relationship with Mrs. I.”, wrote Lévesque.
“As a victim of intimate couple violence, Mrs. I. I was in a vulnerable position when you first met her as RCMP officer. You took advantage of Mrs. I. For your own personal satisfaction purposes and your actions are discreditable.”
According to the decision, Mounie and Mrs. I entered a long -term agreed relationship. She chose not to testify as part of the disciplinary process.
After reviewing all the factors of the case, Lévesque considered what sanctions the officer must face for abusing his position of trust and authority, including dismissal.
Lévesque said his behavior was atrocious but attenuating factors in the case, including that he and Mrs. have a family, justified a minor sanction.
The Mountie and a behavior representative of the RCMP division of Nueva Scotia presented a joint agreement to Lévesque, proposing a financial fine of 40 days of payment and a plan for the officer to work under close supervision for a year. She agreed that “he sends a strong message of general deterrence within the force that this type of behavior is not tolerated and will result in severe repercussions.”
The RCMP Division of Nueva Scotia said that a 40 -day payment financial fine for an agent is approximately $ 17,500.
In response to CBC research, the Mountie “respectfully rejects an interview or comment.”
Mounties relationships with other vulnerable women
The RCMP has dealt for a long time with problems related to sexual harassment. In 2020 he paid $ 125 million in a collective action agreement for claims of harassment, discrimination and sexual abuse with more than 2,300 people in 2020.
Since then, harder sanctions are introduced by inappropriate behavior, including relationships involving a superior in an authority position.
Last year, a Kelowna officer, BC, RCMP resigned and He admitted to send sexually explicit messages to a victim of domestic assault. Earlier this year a high conditional was granted, which means that he will not have a criminal record.
The former surrey, BC, Mountie Peter Leckie was Administrative registration in 2024 After he was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest for abusing his authority.
In that case, Leckie used a police database to find a 19 -year -old sex worker and a victim of sexual assault whose father had been killed. Leckie became a sexual relationship with her.
In 2023, the RCMP behavior plate ordered the immediate shot of Connor McDonald, who seized a suicidal woman who had just been discharged from the hospital after being retained under the Mental Health Law.
According to that decision, McDonald appeared in the Women’s House and had sex with her shortly after having spent hours with her hospital bed, according to a conduct decision.
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