January 10, 2013
Cop's behaviour a 'humiliation' to Ottawa force: tribunal
By Danielle Bell, QMI Agency
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 Ottawa Police Service. (QMI Agency File Photo) |
OTTAWA – A veteran Ottawa cop whose conduct was described as “extremely unprofessional” and a “humiliation” to the force will not lose his job after pleading guilty to 23 charges under the Police Services Act.
Const. Keith Heaton was sentenced Thursday to a one-year demotion and extensive re-training for charges relating to unnecessary force, abusing authority, pepper-spraying a woman, and conducting police database checks on colleagues, relatives and himself.
He is demoted to third-class constable for six moths, then second-class constable for six months, before returning to first-class constable, pending successful training.
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