The appellant police officer appealed a decision of the Board of Commissioners of Police affirming his conviction for assaulting a fellow officer and varying his penalty from dismissal to a reduction in rank.
The appellant argued the assault was trivial, the Board erred in considering his past record, and the penalty was excessive.
The Ontario Civilian Police Commission dismissed the appeal against conviction, finding sufficient evidence of an assault intended to intimidate.
The Commission varied the penalty by imposing a nine-month time limit on the reduction in rank, holding that an indefinite reduction improperly delegated the ultimate penalty decision.
