Mountieï¿½s pay docked for spitting on motorist

Law & Order | 206852 hits | Jul 20 8:37 am | Posted by: WDHIII

VANCOUVER ï¿½ An RCMP officer who slapped a driver during a dispute over a parking spot in 2002 has been disciplined again, this time for spitting on a motorist, according to an RCMP disciplinary report.

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by GreenTiger
Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:44 pm
I don't think you would have caught Benton Fraser doing that.
by LightStarr
Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:10 pm
Not unless he was spitting on his hand in order to help the guy get a stain off something.
by bootlegga
Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:20 pm
And RCMP officers wonder why some people don't respect them them the way they used to...
by Dayseed
Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:06 pm
"bootlegga" said
And RCMP officers wonder why some people don't respect them them the way they used to...

No shit. Does the spat on guy get the docked pay?
by martin14
Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:12 pm
2 strikes...

how many do the police get anyway ?

damn, if I spat on one of my 'people'.. customers, teachers,
finance people...
by Pseudonym
Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:18 pm
Seems like a bit of an anger management issue. Are there regulations to make him take classes, or a three-strike rule, or something? It's not really good for the RCMP's image, so moving him to a less... confrontational role might be in their interests.
by Praxius
Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:42 pm
Of course if you spit on a police officer, that's deemed assault of a police officer, and you can end up hitting the jails.... in fact the majority of cases, you usually do end up in jail.

Bit of a double standard here if you ask me.

Where's their jail time?

Or is it considered police brutality?

Const. Ken Whitney, a former B.C. Lions football player, pleaded guilty to assault six years ago after slapping a man for taking a parking spot the off-duty officer wanted. A Vancouver provincial court judge ordered Whitney to perform 25 hours of community service; he got to keep his job, but was fined two days pay.

More recently, the RCMPï¿½s adjudication board found Whitney guilty of disgraceful conduct for confronting a driver ï¿½in an unprofessional and discourteous mannerï¿½ while on duty on April 13, 2007.

The board concluded Whitney swore at the driver and spat on him. It reprimanded and fined him five daysï¿½ pay.

So it's just "disgraceful conduct" but not assault like it is when the shoe is on the other foot.

Nice.
by martin14
Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:46 pm
"Praxius" said

Nice.

normal.. the blue line is awful thick some days.
by Lemmy
Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:21 pm
In hockey, it's a match penalty, attempt to injure. Should be the same here.
by danimal
Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:24 pm
That is disgusting and unprofessional.
by 2Cdo
Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:56 pm
"Lemmy" said
In hockey, it's a match penalty, attempt to injure. Should be the same here.

Actually Lemmy it's a Gross Misconduct, not a match. It carries the same sort of penalty which is decided by the league. Don't ask how I know this.
by kenmore
Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:58 pm
Its totally unprofessional and unacceptable,, turf the guys ass out of the force, he is not worthy of the job.. The RCMP are going down the tubes and Canadians are losing respect for them..
by digerdick
Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:14 pm
A criminal charge was laid, but it was later stayed after Whitney sent a letter to Benn in July 2008 to apologize.. Their must be a point when someone like this is let go .... maybe the problem is all the steroids he probably did when he played football ..... the people dont need someone protecting them that cannot control their rage.....
by Regina
Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:15 pm
If he's going to stay on the job.......I wonder if two or three years working out of Tuktoyaktuk would settle him down?

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