Two Dundalk Gardai have been awarded the Scott Medal Commendation for their actions in the arrest of Mohamed Morei in Dundalk in 2018. Morei, an asylum seeker w.
Her family have accused the police of playing a role in her death, though the officers present have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Against that complex backdrop, and because a public consultation must take place, it is possible a new chief will not be appointed until next year. And that appears to have hastened the departures of both Coxon and fellow deputy chief Barbara McLean. Coxon, McLean and Hong Kong-born Peter Yuen were all appointed to the position of deputy chief at the same time, in August 2017, in a bid to modernise the Toronto force.
The star
Coxon was the least experienced and youngest of the trio and regarded as the star of the group â for modernisation and academic prowess rather than crime investigation. With the Garda having gone through years of scandals â though that has lessened in more recent times â one source in Toronto says the âpivot towards changeâ period the Garda is going through will have proven very attractive to Coxon.