Category: police discipline

Durham Police Constable Who Voiced Support for Freedom Convoy Demoted for Three Months

Durham Regional Police Constable Erin Howard has been demoted for three months after facing six disciplinary charges for voicing her support of the Ottawa Freedom Convoy protest and speaking out against pandemic-related mandates while in uniform. At a hearing on Dec. 6 before retired Superintendent Greg Walton, Howard plead guilty to one charge of dishonourable…


Durham Constable Docked 60 Hours Pay for Backing Wife’s Support of Freedom Convoy

Constable Clay Harnum, a Durham, Ontario, police officer, has been docked 60 hours of pay after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct on Oct. 5 at a police disciplinary hearing. One count of insubordination was withdrawn by the Crown. Harnum was charged in relation to an Instagram post on Jan. 6, which had a photo of his…