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Judge reduces suspension for two Montreal officers sanctioned for lying to watchdog
A Quebec judge reduced suspensions from 22 to 2 days after ruling evidence was obtained in violation of officers' Charter rights against self-incrimination and silence.
- In Montreal, Quebec court Judge Alexandre Henri overturned most sanctions against officers Dominic Gagné and Mathieu Paré, suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custody, thanks to a technicality about evidence gathering.
- After video footage contradicted their claims, the ethics board found Gagné and Paré falsely reported that the inmate had no known medical conditions.
- He described the violation as `grave` and noted BEI investigators showed video only after Paré began his statement, ruling the evidence was obtained in violation of the officers’ Charter right against self-incrimination.
- The ruling reduces the officers’ suspension from 22 days without pay to two days, invalidating all but two days of that sanction.
- Alexandre Popovic hopes a Superior Court appeal will interpret the case differently, as Judge Henri emphasized that 'the protection of the fundamental rights of the police officers must prevail over the search for the truth.
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MONTREAL — A judge of the Quebec Court overturned the majority of the sanctions imposed on two Montreal police officers suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custody in 2017. Justice Alexandre Henri ruled that the investigators of the police surveillance agency did not have them [...]
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Judge reduces suspension for two Montreal officers sanctioned for lying to watchdog
MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge has overturned the majority of the sanctions against two Montreal police officers who were suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custody in 2017.
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