A new blame for “number 728”

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Frederique Giguere

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 13:19

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Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:44

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The ex-police Stéfanie Trudeau has been a new blame in ethics Tuesday for an intervention that dates back to 2012, during which she had abused a citizen.

On the nine counts filed against that which is known under the name of ” number 728 “, five have been chosen.

The police ethics Committee has determined that it has “lack of respect” Julian Menezes, that it had not ensured that he wears his seat belt, that she had not used the autopatrouille with caution and discernment, that she had failed to identify himself and that she had used greater force than necessary.

“The grabs, the returns, the pushes “

The event dates back to may 20, 2012. Stéfanie Trudeau was on patrol with his partner in the borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal. When the police officers attempted to stop a cyclist who had no lamp to the front of his bike, Julian Menezes, a pure stranger, who was returning from a marriage, is stopped. He proposed to the cyclist to act as a witness if he decided to contest.

The exchanges between the police and Mr Menezes, however, are quickly become tight. Believing that the Montreal was drunk, “number 728” was arrested.

“At this moment, the officer Trudeau is running to Mr Menezes without saying a word, grabs, flips, pushes him in the direction of the patrol car and eventually throws him to the ground “, one can read in the decision.

They were then embedded Mr Menezes, then handcuffed, in the autopatrouille and have not buckled his belt. Then, in order for him to ” do the lesson “, the ex-officer, now retired has slowed down abruptly a few times.

According to the testimony of the complainant, she was of the kind for which the accused is to hit his head on the piece of plexiglass that separates the front and rear of the vehicle.

The partner of ” number 728 “, Constantine Samaras, has also been suspended two days without pay a week ago not to be intervened in order to stop a breach of professional ethics, of which he was a witness.

60 hours of work

In the case of the former police, the Committee has, however, denied the charges, claiming that she had taken of the offensive comments based on ethnicity. She has not abused his authority by arresting Mr. Menezes and digging and without any right in the applicant to several kilometres away from his home, according to the decision made public Tuesday.

This result once more unfavorable for Stéfanie Trudeau is added to that of last August, when the superior Court had swept them out of the back of the hand the appeal of his conviction for assault. She was sentenced to probation, 60 hours of community service for having manhandled a citizen during an arrest in 2012.

– With the collaboration of Michael Nguyen