In the past five years, six mounted police officers have been identified as shameful sexual behaviors by the Conduct Committee, and their behavior has been liberalized. A person captured and printed a photo of a naked woman who was kept in a detox cell in a detachment. Another person exposed himself to a subordinate, pulled out his ponytail, and asked her to perform oral sex.

Another 14 Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were punished for sexual misconduct and were eventually allowed to continue their stay. Their behavior ranges from touching without consent to peeping to establishing relationships with minors.

Three other people involved in domestic violence were allowed to continue their careers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Some people who were allowed to stay in the army were fined, transferred or declared ineligible for promotion for a period of time.

“Honest but wrongly believe in consent”

In addition to the Criminal Law, the Mounted Police shall also abide by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Code of Conduct for Work and get off work.

In the most serious cases, a behavioral hearing can be conducted once expelled. They are formal, similar to court procedures, and the adjudicator has legal authority.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was demoted and transferred after rubbing a colleague’s leg, touching her vagina and telling her to “relax”.

In this case, the board ruled that the police officer “has outstanding performance throughout his career.”

He said: “This is a situation of honest but false belief in consent.”

In deciding whether to dismiss a civilian who was drunk while drunk, groped a woman and made sexual comments to another woman, the committee also mentioned other men who had not been fired for similar activities.

The civilian staff was temporarily demoted and transferred.

The board ruled that when an Alberta policeman photographed two women who performed oral sex on him without their consent, he “violated the sexual integrity of the two complainants.”

The ruling in his case also pointed out his nine-year “production service”.

The decision said: “His performance evaluation was very positive and described him as a member with good professional ethics and great potential.”

The police officer’s salary was suspended and he was not eligible for promotion for two years.

A British Columbia police officer was fined 45 days for harassing two young women driving while driving and sending harassing and threatening text, including the following: “The war is on the slut! I will win! You will See!! I am willing to give my whole life, if you are a coward willing to be the same slut!”

In this case, the director of the Conduct Committee believes that the police officer has gone through a difficult period.

He said: “In terms of personal and work life stress, he experienced a “perfect storm” that eventually led to other people, including [the constable] Described as “collapse,” read the 2021 decision.

The Director of Workplace Responsibility of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Chief Superintendent Stephen Drouin (Stephane Drouin) said that the guiding principle of discipline is to ensure that incidents do not occur again. “The focus is on taking remedial, educated measures, and It is not a purely punitive measure.

“This must be in proportion to the incident, the details, and the evidence provided to them. Each case can be very different. Even if it is sexual misconduct, each adjudicator has to consider different factors and how they reach their conclusions. Their decision. “

‘A blue wall of silence’

Duluoin said that referees must consider both mitigating factors and exacerbating factors when mitigating penalties.

“So, is the member responsible for his actions? Did they accept the accusations? Are they repentant?” he said.

“The severity of the misconduct has always been the same, the severity of the misconduct. Are members lacking honesty and integrity? What type of risk do we place members (victims) or members? Is the public at risk? Therefore, Before making this decision, they really have to consider a long list of factors.”

Angela Marie MacDougall, executive director of the Vancouver Battered Women Support Service, said she believes these disciplinary decisions are acts of the RCMP to protect themselves.

She said: “Indeed, this kind of mafia-like silent code is an important part of culture.”

“We are talking about the culture of the blue wall of silence. On the one hand, people want to say that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is taking serious sexual and domestic violence involved in police intervention. On the other hand, the blue wall of silence is actually aimed at oneself. Members are responsible.”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police continues to work hard to respond to allegations of sexual misconduct. As part of the historic Merlot-Davidson settlement, which was the result of a class action lawsuit involving sexual harassment of women within the RCMP, 2,304 women received compensation out of a total of 3,086 claims.

A high-profile report from the settlement says The troops have a toxic culture.

After reaching a settlement, Luki promised to eliminate sexual assault, harassment and discrimination from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

She said in November: “This behavior continues to surface. This behavior must be stopped and must not be tolerated. There is absolutely no sexual assault, harassment, discrimination, bullying, sexism, racism, homophobia among the RCMP. Or a space for transphobia.”.

“The important thing is that people know it will not be tolerated.”

McDougall said that perceptions of abusers in the military have a real-world impact on the women she serves.

“In terms of accountability, women have little recourse. The survivors come forward and share their stories. This is even more difficult when we talk about the police and share experiences of sexual or domestic violence. She is the RCMP Members. This is very challenging and there are very few reports.”

“Those individual members have such powerful power over the people and the place. When members of the RCMP have domestic and sexual violence, I think they lose the right to obtain these rights. [authority]. “

Few RCMP members landed in front of the ethics committee. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said some members accused of misconduct resigned before their cases were publicly heard.

Of the 84 decisions published on the RCMP website that “may cause the troop to be infamous”, 64 were deemed “established.” The remaining allegations have not been proven and are retained or handled as procedural matters.

Of the confirmed cases, 14 resulted in dismissal.

In addition to the six cases of sexual misconduct, other reasons for dismissal mentioned in the online ruling included the use of cocaine and lying to the prosecutors.

Duluoin said his department is conducting a comprehensive review of behavioral measures.

He said: “Just make sure it meets Canadians’ current expectations.”