One year since they were acquitted of sexually assaulting a colleague, three Toronto police officers remain suspended with pay, marking three and a half years that the trio has been compensated while off work. Officers who are charged criminally often also face police act charges regardless of the outcome of their criminal case. If the Toronto police board decides misconduct charges should be laid against the officers, it will launch a tribunal process that could stretch for months or longer, with the officers likely suspended with pay for the duration. A Toronto police constable’s base salary ranges between $66,462 and $94,949 per year, according to the service’s website. Through its policing legislation, the previous Liberal government proposed changes that would expand the circumstances under which police chiefs could suspend officers without pay.

Source: thestar August 10, 2018 20:26 UTC