The offender, a police officer of Indigenous descent, pleaded guilty to breach of trust for conducting unauthorized searches on police databases and sharing the information with an acquaintance.
The court considered the offender's severe addiction issues, PTSD from his policing career, and his disconnection from his Indigenous heritage as significant Gladue factors.
Finding that the offence was an aberration and that a conviction was not necessary for general deterrence, the court granted an absolute discharge.
