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A SENIOR police officer fighting child porn charges was dobbed in by his ex-wife who found the images on computer discs while visiting their sons at his house.
Superintendent Vivian Rex Little has pleaded not guilty to possessing child pornography after Kathy Little reported finding two illegal images on discs at his home in January 2006.
The couple were in the middle of a bitter property settlement and custody battle at the time.
The matter went to the Police Integrity Commission, which searched Little's home and found 32 floppy discs and five DVDs containing child... Read more
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Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Qu
23 May 2007
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Two cops suspended for abusing
The Quebec Police Ethics Committee has handed down 60-day suspensions without pay the maximum possible under the law to two Montreal police officers who falsely accused a 21-year-old man who was so traumatized by their behaviour, he abandoned his own police training.
In a May 16 decision, the committee ruled Constable Nicolas Morin violated the police ethics code when he used excessive force during an altercation with David Simard and later made unjustified accusations against him that led to Simard's being charged with assaulting an officer and hindering the work of police. Simard is to appear in court June 8 to face those charges.
Simard was nearing the end of a three-year police technology program at CEGEP Maisonneuve and was about to enter the police academy in Nicolet but abandoned his career plans as a result of the incident, which occurred May 17, 2004, on de La Salle Ave. near Hochelaga St.
Morin was given two consecutive suspensions of 60 and 25 days, respectively, but Simard's father said yesterday the penalty was little consolation for his son.
"He lost his life, his hopes. He's not like he was before," Ghislain Simard said.
Constable Jean-David Ouellet received a 60-day suspension for knowingly making false accusations, and a four-day suspension for showing a lack of respect to Simard by calling him an imbecile and other insults.
The officers have appealed the decision.
Simard was on his way home from a bar with some friends about 3:40 a.m. when he was approached by a man who asked for a light. As he went to give him one, Morin and Ouellet intercepted the individual, whom they suspected of being involved in an armed robbery.
The officers decided to also detain Simard for almost four hours but not before Morin used excessive and unjustified force to subdue him, applying continued pressure to his wrist despite Simard's pleas to stop. Morin also employed a technique that made Simard lose consciousness for several seconds and posed an unnecessary health risk, the committee said.
Morin's actions were a blatant abuse of authority and showed a lack of professionalism and self-control unacceptable for a police officer with nine years experience, the committee wrote.
The officer's behaviour was especially egregious, as Simard showed no signs of disrespect, violence or provocation and Morin no longer considered him a suspect or a safety risk.
The greater abuse of authority was Morin's fabrication of accusations against Simard the most severe violation of ethics an officer can commit, the committee said. Morin filed a false report with the sole malicious intent of covering up for his behaviour and dissuading Simard from filing a complaint, the committee concluded, all the while knowing he was jeopardizing Simard's entry to the police academy.
Ouellet, who had been on the force for only three months, was equally deserving of severe punishment for co-signing what he knew was a false report to cover up for Morin and protect himself, the committee said.
After the incident, Simard was forced to withdraw from Nicolet, his father said, because if he was found guilty he could not serve on a police force. He enrolled in a university kinesiology program and today teaches police academy hopefuls at CEGEP Ahuntsic as part of his internship.
The officers' behaviour made him fear the very people he had hoped to emulate, Simard told the committee at a March 20 hearing. He now avoids police as much as possible, once crossing the street to avoid Morin when he saw him on the street.
The pending criminal charges have harmed Simard's job prospects, his father said.
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