A Greater Victoria area police officer was fired for sa国际传媒渆gregiously serioussa国际传媒� behaviour that crossed into the realm of sa国际传媒渉arassment and stalkingsa国际传媒� his female former partner.
Thatsa国际传媒檚 according to the Office of Police Complaint Commissionersa国际传媒檚 annual report on substantiated allegations against officers.
sa国际传媒淭he OPCC received a complaint describing concerns regarding intermittent unwanted contact from a member of the Saanich Police Department (SPD) who was the complainantsa国际传媒檚 former partner,sa国际传媒� reads the report, which does not name the officer who was fired.
sa国际传媒淭he complainant reported that the member approached her outside her home, while in uniform and out of jurisdiction, despite prior requests not to have contact with her, and that she had advised SPD of this incident. Furthermore, the complainant wanted to ascertain by what means the member was aware of her recently updated address.sa国际传媒�
The OPCC ordered an investigation of these allegations and found the officer used police resources to track the womansa国际传媒檚 locations.
sa国际传媒淚n addition to the unwanted contact, the investigation revealed that the member had used police databases to run checks on his former partner and members of her family, and subsequently misled the Police Act investigators over the extent to which this had occurred.sa国际传媒�
The officer retired prior to being disciplined, but the OPCC report said the service record would reflect he was dismissed.
sa国际传媒淭he Discipline Authority determined the conduct of the member to be sa国际传媒榚gregiously serioussa国际传媒� and that his actions went beyond passive contact and would otherwise be considered in similar police investigations as harassment or stalking,sa国际传媒� said the report. sa国际传媒淭he Discipline Authority noted that sa国际传媒榦vert acts of stalking in intimate partner violence investigations are considered a significant risk factor, particularly over the course of such a long period of time.
sa国际传媒淚n addition to this behaviour, the member also undertook 92 unauthorized queries using a police database to provide ongoing information on the activities of his former partner and family. The Discipline Authority found that the membersa国际传媒檚 behaviour was a sa国际传媒榤arked departure from someone in a position of trust and [that] he used his position for the corrupt practice of stalking his ex-partner and her family members.sa国际传媒� The Discipline Authority ultimately determined that sa国际传媒榓nything other than dismissal would bring the administration of police discipline into disrepute and [would be] contrary to the public interest.sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒�
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