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You want to know why companies are avoiding our Police State? These are only the ones who get caught.
Now, I believe in innocent until proven guilty. Why not have them suspended without pay and then if they are cleared they get back pay and/or are rehired?
To do so, would be inconvenient to the Security Industrial Complex so politicians don't raise the issue.
Police suspensions across Ontario have cost taxpayers approximately $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds of officers who were sent home with pay after being accused of misconduct or breaking the law.
The investigation collected publicly available information about officers across 44 police departments including the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Toronto Police Service, Peel Regional Police and Ottawa Police Service.
The research reveals 453 suspensions for a wide variety of allegations including drunk driving, fraud,
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"These are the cases that really anger people and piss people off, right? And I think they have a right to feel that way, because we are at the end of the day paying these officers to be collecting their salaries, in some cases after conviction."
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CBC's research also tracked the outcomes for officers following the conclusion of their suspension, and any related disciplinary or criminal proceedings including appeals.
We found that in almost half the cases in which there was a criminal conviction, the officer ultimately returned to work. One in four of the convicted officers resigned and nine per cent were fired.
Now, I believe in innocent until proven guilty. Why not have them suspended without pay and then if they are cleared they get back pay and/or are rehired?
To do so, would be inconvenient to the Security Industrial Complex so politicians don't raise the issue.
Police suspensions across Ontario have cost taxpayers approximately $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds of officers who were sent home with pay after being accused of misconduct or breaking the law.
The investigation collected publicly available information about officers across 44 police departments including the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Toronto Police Service, Peel Regional Police and Ottawa Police Service.
The research reveals 453 suspensions for a wide variety of allegations including drunk driving, fraud,
....................................
"These are the cases that really anger people and piss people off, right? And I think they have a right to feel that way, because we are at the end of the day paying these officers to be collecting their salaries, in some cases after conviction."
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Almost half of convicted officers return to work
CBC's research also tracked the outcomes for officers following the conclusion of their suspension, and any related disciplinary or criminal proceedings including appeals.
We found that in almost half the cases in which there was a criminal conviction, the officer ultimately returned to work. One in four of the convicted officers resigned and nine per cent were fired.
