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A contrite city cop must cough up 20 hours of overtime pay for some cheeky antics during a raid on a city home last year.
Const. Christa Pennie went on a computer at the home and downloaded a desktop background that read "I (love) Gay Porn," according to agreed facts filed at her disciplinary hearing.
She also put a gargoyle figurine in the freezer with dental floss in its mouth, and put dental floss and a knife in the mouth of another figurine.
Pennie was charged with discreditable conduct after she reported her actions to her supervisor about three days after the Feb. 3, 2006, raid.
Yesterday, Supt. Mark Logar ordered Pennie, a 10-year veteran of the Edmonton Police Service, to forfeit 20 hours of overtime within her next two pay periods.
Pennie was part of a team of about 11 cops searching the home during Project Koker, a 23-month investigation that culminated in the arrests of 18 alleged drug traffickers, including two full-patch Hells Angels.
According to the agreed facts, Pennie, then an acting detective, went on to a computer in the master bedroom of one of two homes she helped search that day.
She did a Google search for "Gay Porn" and chose an image that read "I (love) Gay Porn," with a heart to signify the word "love."
When an ashamed Pennie reported what she had done, she admitted she also put dental floss in the mouths of two ornaments in the home, as well as a black "training knife" in the mouth of one.
Pennie also provided a memo to police higher-ups describing her agony over what she had done.
"My actions did cause me to lose a lot of sleep over the weekend as I was very upset with myself. I then conducted myself in a stressed manner towards my family, which was unfair to them as it was my actions that brought me stress," wrote the constable.
The disciplinary hearing was told that the atmosphere in the home during the search was "somewhat chaotic," and there was some joshing going on when Pennie decided to download the inappropriate screen background.
Pennie was going to delete the image, which was on a blue background with red letters, but apparently forgot before the cops left the home.
Logar, the presiding officer at the hearing, doled out a harsher punishment than agents for EPS and Pennie, both of whom were seeking a reprimand in the case.
"I find that Constable Pennie allowed herself a careless moment of exuberance," he wrote.
"I am quite prepared to say that peer pressure pushed her in that direction ... But I am equally adamant that this cannot be an excuse."
Logar said Pennie's 20 hours of forfeited overtime amounts to a penalty of about $600.
I don't understand what the dental floss was about. Maybe a dig on your typical biker/drug-dealer's oral hygiene habits?
Const. Christa Pennie went on a computer at the home and downloaded a desktop background that read "I (love) Gay Porn," according to agreed facts filed at her disciplinary hearing.
She also put a gargoyle figurine in the freezer with dental floss in its mouth, and put dental floss and a knife in the mouth of another figurine.
Pennie was charged with discreditable conduct after she reported her actions to her supervisor about three days after the Feb. 3, 2006, raid.
Yesterday, Supt. Mark Logar ordered Pennie, a 10-year veteran of the Edmonton Police Service, to forfeit 20 hours of overtime within her next two pay periods.
Pennie was part of a team of about 11 cops searching the home during Project Koker, a 23-month investigation that culminated in the arrests of 18 alleged drug traffickers, including two full-patch Hells Angels.
According to the agreed facts, Pennie, then an acting detective, went on to a computer in the master bedroom of one of two homes she helped search that day.
She did a Google search for "Gay Porn" and chose an image that read "I (love) Gay Porn," with a heart to signify the word "love."
When an ashamed Pennie reported what she had done, she admitted she also put dental floss in the mouths of two ornaments in the home, as well as a black "training knife" in the mouth of one.
Pennie also provided a memo to police higher-ups describing her agony over what she had done.
"My actions did cause me to lose a lot of sleep over the weekend as I was very upset with myself. I then conducted myself in a stressed manner towards my family, which was unfair to them as it was my actions that brought me stress," wrote the constable.
The disciplinary hearing was told that the atmosphere in the home during the search was "somewhat chaotic," and there was some joshing going on when Pennie decided to download the inappropriate screen background.
Pennie was going to delete the image, which was on a blue background with red letters, but apparently forgot before the cops left the home.
Logar, the presiding officer at the hearing, doled out a harsher punishment than agents for EPS and Pennie, both of whom were seeking a reprimand in the case.
"I find that Constable Pennie allowed herself a careless moment of exuberance," he wrote.
"I am quite prepared to say that peer pressure pushed her in that direction ... But I am equally adamant that this cannot be an excuse."
Logar said Pennie's 20 hours of forfeited overtime amounts to a penalty of about $600.
I don't understand what the dental floss was about. Maybe a dig on your typical biker/drug-dealer's oral hygiene habits?
