A member of the police board says she will demand answers from the chief of police following a female sergeant’s allegations that she was sexually harassed by a member of the service. Jessica McInnis recently filed a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, as reported in the Star on Thursday, after other claims of sexual harassment and discrimination have been made against the Toronto Police Service in the past. Read more: Female Toronto officer alleges repeated harassment culture of sexism at downtown police division Carroll said she “wants to know right now” what the service is doing to ensure that the “poisoned, sexist workplace environment” McInnis, 43, describes in her complaint does not exist. She said she will ask Chief Mark Saunders these questions at the next police board meeting in January. None of McInnis’s allegations has been tested at the human rights tribunal.

Source: thestar January 01, 2018 22:52 UTC