Ontario has not yet put a four\u002Dyear\u002Dold policing law overhaul into effect.
“No one convicted of a serious and disturbing crime like this should be receiving a taxpayer-funded salary, and we expect all those that keep our province safe to uphold the highest standard of professional ethics,” he said in the legislature.
An adjudicator ordered the constable be dismissed from the OPP, but the officer appealed. That appeal — as well as the fact he was sentenced for the initial offence to probation and not imprisonment — means he can still collect his salary.Article content Ontario is the only province in which chiefs can’t revoke the pay of suspended officers, who collect millions of dollars each year. Right now, suspended officers have to be paid even when convicted of an offence, unless they are sentenced to prison.RECOMMENDED VIDEO“The OPP officer that has been in the news lately that has gone on for years … this isn’t the norm, it’s the exception, but it’s an exception people notice and our trust is undermined,” said OACP spokesperson Joe Couto.
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