Hearing for Guelph, Ont. police constable continues [Video]

The second Ontario Civilian Police Commission hearing for Guelph Police Services Constable Corey McArthur continued in Guelph on Tuesday.

McArthur assaulted a teen who was handcuffed to a hospital bed in 2016. He pleaded guilty two years later. In 2022, the police commission ruled he must resign within seven days or be fired. McArthur appealed the ruling, arguing he was struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mainly brought on by the death of his colleague Jennifer Kovach when she was responding to a call for assistance from McArthur in 2013. The police commission ordered a new hearing saying the first hearing didn’t give enough consideration to McArthur’s PTSD.

The second hearing began in Julywith the defense calling upcon Dr. Jonathan Rootenberg, a forensic psychiatrist, who had assessed McArthur over the years. Dr. Rootenberg explained people with PTSD may experience impulsive or angry outbursts and from a psychological standpoint, he wasn’t concerned about McArthur returning …