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Police officer's appeal of insubordination conviction for leaving firearm unsecured dismissed; strict liability applied.
The appellant police officer appealed a conviction and penalty for insubordination after leaving his issued firearm in an insecure locker.
The officer argued the offence was one of strict liability and he had no intention to leave the locker open, blaming the quality of the lock.
The Commission agreed it was a strict liability offence but found the officer failed to exercise reasonable care by not double-checking the lock.
The Commission also dismissed an allegation of bias regarding the prosecutor's promotion to Chief of Police and upheld the penalty of 24 hours forfeiture of time off as consistent with similar cases.
