Toronto police constable dismissed for misconduct [Video]

A police constable has been fired from the Toronto Police Service (TPS) after being found guilty of eight counts of misconduct in connection with several incidents over a four-year period, including the arrest of a cyclist in 2017 in which he was later convicted of assault causing bodily harm.

According to police tribunal documents, Insp. Susan Gomes, who presided over the hearing, ruled that Const. Douglas Holmes will be dismissed from TPS within seven days unless he resigns before that.

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Gomes said Holmes “violated the public trust by not living up to his oath of office on multiple occasions as he had sworn to do.”

Holmes was facing six counts of discreditable conduct and three counts of insubordination stemming from his interactions with two cyclists and several TPS officers. Gomes found him not guilty of one count because of an error.

Holmes pleaded guilty to eight of the nine counts.

The documents posted online …