The appellant police officer appealed a decision of the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (OCCPS) upholding a finding of misconduct for corrupt practice and the resulting penalty of demotion.
The officer had released an arrested individual without charge and subsequently accepted hockey tickets from him.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding that the OCCPS reasonably concluded the officer's actions constituted corrupt practice, there was no reasonable apprehension of bias by the hearing officer, and the penalty was not disproportionate.
