Investigation into Sgt. Keiron McConnell stems from complaints from four students, three officers.
B.C.’s police complaint commissioner has called a public hearing into allegations of sexual misconduct involving a Vancouver police sergeant in relation to his conduct towards seven women, including female officers and former students.
The officer alleged the Facebook messages began as friendly but progressed to what she felt were inappropriate and sexual. She felt she could not report McConnell’s conduct due to his rank and status within the VPD, and believed there would be consequences for her at the department, if she did. “She did not know how he obtained her number,” the notice said. “Sergeant McConnell continued to send Student B text messages to her personal cellphone, as well as emails to her from his personal email account. Student B reported that Sergeant McConnell’s communications made her feel uncomfortable.”
'Jeopardize her academic status' The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner received additional information from another female — student D — who alleged that McConnell sent her sexually inappropriate messages in 2017 and 2018 while she was enrolled in his course at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
“Member B alleged that Sergeant McConnell made sexualized comments about her in person and through text messages between 2015 and 2018, and that he also made sexualized comments about other female officers,” the notice said. 'Between consenting adults' During the investigation, McConnell admitted to sending some of the messages as alleged. However, he stated that, among other things, the communications were intended to be private and were exchanged "between consenting adults."
“The discipline authority further noted that did not have any policies in place at the time governing student-faculty relationships.”
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