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These are the people American cops bend the knee to? Guys who break laws, who are employed to enforce the laws, who get to keep their jobs as they break the laws again and again are advising American cops who the bad Canadians are?
If American cops believe these people then you get the system you deserve. Some of us warned you a long time ago...
www.thestar.com
A Toronto cop, impaired and off-duty, drove past a police blockade into the site of an active investigation while pursuing “late-night munchies” and now faces a 15-month demotion, according to a recent tribunal decision.
Const. Kirk Ramphal will be demoted from first-class to second-class constable after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct under Ontario’s Police Services Act, hearing officer Insp. Suzanne Redman ruled this week at the Toronto police disciplinary tribunal.
The decision comes more than a year after Ramphal was arrested for driving into the site of an investigation into a deadly crash in Etobicoke on Sept. 2, 2023. He was later convicted of impaired driving.
Ramphal, who was hired by Toronto police in 2018 at age 30, was off-duty and driving his vehicle southbound on Kipling Avenue from Evans Avenue around 5 a.m., according to an agreed statement of facts.
At the same time, two police cruisers were parked on Kipling, south of Evans, with their emergency lights on to prevent cars from entering the area while officers investigated a fatal crash.
The tribunal heard Ramphal “missed the blockade” and drove toward the crash site.
The officers blocking the road quickly warned investigators about the incoming vehicle — which police prosecutor Matthew Capotosto said was moving at a high rate of speed, “nearly striking an officer” on duty.
Ramphal’s vehicle was stopped at the feet of one of the investigating officers. When police spoke with him, they noticed a “strong odour” of alcohol on his breath. His eyes were also bloodshot.
Ramphal, who admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening, failed two roadside screening tests — blowing more than two times over the legal limit (80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood) each time.
He was charged with impaired operation and dangerous operation. After pleading guilty to the former charge, Ramphal received a $3,000 fine and a 12-month driving ban. He was found guilty of discreditable conduct in April.
Capotosto, the prosecutor for Toronto police, said Ramphal was “lucky” the outcome wasn’t worse and that he presented a “very serious and imminent threat to the officers” at the scene.
Ramphal’s defence lawyer, Sandy Khehra, acknowledged that Ramphal’s decision to get in his car was “an error in judgment, but noted that his client never intended to get in his car early that morning.”
Ramphal had a few drinks with friends and was dropped off at home. “But as we can all relate,” Khehra said, “once you’ve had a few drinks, sometimes you get the late-night munchies.”
If American cops believe these people then you get the system you deserve. Some of us warned you a long time ago...
Off-duty Toronto cop who drove through police blockade while impaired receives demotion
Const. Kirk Ramphal will be demoted from first-class to second-class constable after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct under Ontario's Police Services Act.
www.thestar.com
A Toronto cop, impaired and off-duty, drove past a police blockade into the site of an active investigation while pursuing “late-night munchies” and now faces a 15-month demotion, according to a recent tribunal decision.
Const. Kirk Ramphal will be demoted from first-class to second-class constable after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct under Ontario’s Police Services Act, hearing officer Insp. Suzanne Redman ruled this week at the Toronto police disciplinary tribunal.
The decision comes more than a year after Ramphal was arrested for driving into the site of an investigation into a deadly crash in Etobicoke on Sept. 2, 2023. He was later convicted of impaired driving.
Ramphal, who was hired by Toronto police in 2018 at age 30, was off-duty and driving his vehicle southbound on Kipling Avenue from Evans Avenue around 5 a.m., according to an agreed statement of facts.
At the same time, two police cruisers were parked on Kipling, south of Evans, with their emergency lights on to prevent cars from entering the area while officers investigated a fatal crash.
The tribunal heard Ramphal “missed the blockade” and drove toward the crash site.
The officers blocking the road quickly warned investigators about the incoming vehicle — which police prosecutor Matthew Capotosto said was moving at a high rate of speed, “nearly striking an officer” on duty.
Ramphal’s vehicle was stopped at the feet of one of the investigating officers. When police spoke with him, they noticed a “strong odour” of alcohol on his breath. His eyes were also bloodshot.
Ramphal, who admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening, failed two roadside screening tests — blowing more than two times over the legal limit (80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood) each time.
He was charged with impaired operation and dangerous operation. After pleading guilty to the former charge, Ramphal received a $3,000 fine and a 12-month driving ban. He was found guilty of discreditable conduct in April.
Capotosto, the prosecutor for Toronto police, said Ramphal was “lucky” the outcome wasn’t worse and that he presented a “very serious and imminent threat to the officers” at the scene.
Ramphal’s defence lawyer, Sandy Khehra, acknowledged that Ramphal’s decision to get in his car was “an error in judgment, but noted that his client never intended to get in his car early that morning.”
Ramphal had a few drinks with friends and was dropped off at home. “But as we can all relate,” Khehra said, “once you’ve had a few drinks, sometimes you get the late-night munchies.”
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