Police chiefs to release ethics study
Posted February 14, 2012 9:14 am.
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NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS1130) – A first-of-its-kind study on ethics in Canadian policing is being released this afternoon.
It comes the day after a local high-profile case involving a Mountie accused of drunk driving has brought the ethics of the RCMP into question. Corporal Benjamin “Monty” Robinson is on trial for charges of obstructing justice in the death of Orion Hutchinson in 2008.
Yesterday, a prosecutor told the court Robinson had taken a breathalyzer training course that included how to defend against impaired driving charges.
A witness will also be called to testify how the officer once told people attending a Christmas party the best way to beat a drunk driving rap. It’s believed the tips were leave your license at the scene, go home for a drink, and say you did it because you were rattled.
Breathalyzers have no way of proving when the alcohol was consumed.
The study is based on the answers of more than 10,000 members from 31 Canadian police services as well as 80 interviews and a literature review.
It’s the joint effort of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and professors from Ottawa’s Carleton University as well as heads of police forces from across the country.
The research is also expected to include recommendations on the survey results.
