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04/07/2021 10:00 AM EDT
Good morning and welcome to a guest-hosted Corridors. Over the next few issues, we’ll introduce you to contributors who are as obsessed as we are with Canadian politics. Our aim is to bring some perspective to this moment without precedent on Parliament Hill. Your first guest writer is David Herle, pollster, public opinion researcher and senior adviser to many Liberal campaigns. He’s also the host of The Herle Burly. Over to you, David. Sue Allan, editor of POLITICO Canada.
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Ottawa police will no longer routinely tell police officers when fellow cops are suspended from duty, saying that the decision to release that information will now be made on a case-by-case basis. The service will also no longer confirm all suspensions to this newspaper.
The revelation came in an interview Thursday in which police explained the criteria and rationale for suspending officers with pay and why that is not, in the service’s eyes, a punishment that would require revealing the officers’ identities. Those questions came after a Citizen investigation last year which revealed that there is no public accounting of suspended officers’ identities and the reasons for their suspensions.
Ottawa police quietly suspend patrol officer amid sexual assault investigation No charges have been laid against the officer. Ottawa police do not typically suspend officers who are being investigated by the Special Investigations Unit.
Author of the article: Shaamini Yogaretnam
Publishing date: Mar 04, 2021 • March 4, 2021 • 3 minute read File: Ottawa Police Service. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
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An Ottawa police patrol officer, who sources say is under investigation by the Special Investigations Unit for an allegation of sexual assault, has been quietly suspended from duty with pay with not even the general force being informed.
After questions from this newspaper, the Ottawa Police Service confirmed Tuesday that Const. Sundeep Singh has been suspended from duty, but refused to say effective when. A suspension “general order,” which is sent to all police personnel informing them of any suspension, was never issued. The service also