They stole, lied about it, and were caught, but plea deal for four Peel cops leaves unanswered questions
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“What the satisfactory outcome would be is an investigation into the practices of Peel Regional drug squad — that’s what has to be done,” she said. “These are not rogue officers, these are the ‘best of the best’ — that’s how they were portrayed. So you have the ‘best of the best’ prepared to perjure themselves on three separate occasions. What does that say about that police force?”
A story that reads like something out of a crime novel.
Four officers who resigned from the Peel police service last month accepted a one-year conditional sentence after admitting to obstructing justice following a bizarre theft of a Scarface movie character’s statue from an accused man’s storage unit.
The criminal defence lawyer who brought the theft — and their lies about it — to light thinks neither the police service nor the court went far enough in making an example of them.
Story published on April 14, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton
