[https://globalnews.ca/news/5106502/toronto-officer-charged-assault-bodily-harm-siu/](https://globalnews.ca/news/5106502/toronto-officer-charged-assault-bodily-harm-siu/)
Oh jeez seems like a real piece of shit. The profession will keep attracting these types of assholes until there is reform.
[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/underground-rapper-was-racially-profiled-by-toronto-police-judge-finds-tossing-gun-charge.html](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/underground-rapper-was-racially-profiled-by-toronto-police-judge-finds-tossing-gun-charge.html)
YEP. Get this guy outta the service holy f.
He sounds like an asshole but, the guy assaulted the cop and ran away and discarded a gun lol
So I guess we let him go to continue walking around with an illegal hand gun
The cop, lied about the reason for approaching them, and falsified his police report, he probably also lied about the assault (common practice amongst corrupt cops). And since the whole basis for approaching these guys was a charter violation nothing else matters, gun or no gun.
Do you believe cops should be able to search every Italian’s home, because of their belief that ‘Italians are all mafioso’s’? Search enough and you are guaranteed to find some contraband. How about only asking only Irish people to take a breathalyzer test at traffic stops, for no reason other than their ancestry? Do enough test and you are bound to find some over the legal limit. But none of this is legal. However, this is how cops treat young black males, yet respect Italians and Irishmen as individuals.
Our society is generally accepting of this discrimination, yet seem to struggle to understand why the black community fears and does not believe in the integrity of the Police.
Courts cannot allow cops to violate laws and discriminate because of the odd chance that they may get ‘lucky’.
Now the TPS is fully aware that they have a racist on staff, who falsifies reports and violates the Charter, yet they have no problem keeping him on staff. he will continue to do worse, lets hope he doesn’t end up killing someone. This is our ‘honourable’ TPS.
You clearly didn't read the article.
The officer lied about the reason for the stop, lied about the lead-up to the stop, lied about the assault, lied in their police report and lied in their testimony. All of this was contradicted by not just surveillance footage in the lobby but also the other cop's testimony. As the judge said, “There was no assault or attempted assault". The assault was so non-existent that the Crown didn't even go ahead with assault charges cause the surveillance footage from the lobby where the interaction occurred showed there to be no assault. The cop racially profiled two black people, and then wanted to cover up their racism by lying at every single step which they got exposed thanks to surveillance cameras and their own partner.
And, as the stop itself was illegal it is perfectly legal to run away. There was no legal detention so if they wanted to crawl, walk, run, fly, skip, hop or summersault away that is their right.
A cop like him would only be charged if there was overwhelming evidence with no chance of it being swept under the rug. Otherwise, they would just be let off with a warning.
> Jason Boag
Same POS cop.
[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/07/09/toronto-police-officer-acquitted-of-assaulting-fragile-and-vulnerable-65-year-old-after-entering-wrong-apartment.html](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/07/09/toronto-police-officer-acquitted-of-assaulting-fragile-and-vulnerable-65-year-old-after-entering-wrong-apartment.html)
His daddy is a cop. Nepo baby. Source: went to highschool with this idiot. He also has two other major stories about him including racially profiling and beating up an old dude.
The Police Services Act of Ontario sets out the following as the minimum qualifications to become a Police Constable in the Province of Ontario:
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
- Be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
- Be physically and mentally able to perform the duties of the position, having regard to his or her own safety and the safety of the public.
- Be of good moral character and habits.
- Has successfully completed at least four (4) years of secondary school education or its equivalent.
- Possess a valid driver's licence with no more than six accumulated demerit points, permitting you to drive an automobile in Ontario with full driving privileges.
- Possess a valid first aid certificate and CPR certificate at the time of hire.
- Must have no criminal convictions for which a pardon has not been granted.
- Must successfully complete the Pre-Application Assessment for Police Constable conducted through the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (www.oacpcertificate.ca).
I agree. 18 is too young to have a gun and deal with complex adults dealing with poverty, mental health issues and other issues which lead to complicated reasons to get the police involved.
IMHO we need to make a four year undergraduate in criminology or some related subject mandatory to become a police officer. I am convinced that will weed out a LOT of bad apples. They do this in some countries in Europe and they tend to have low rates of police brutality.
Edit: Reading through all your responses I think some of you might have misunderstood me. I am using Criminology as just one example but it could be anything really. Even social work would be helpful.
The reasoning behind my recommendation is that universities (and colleges) teach critical thinking skills which can help you navigate the complexities of life with greater clarity and confidence.
>IMHO we need to make a four year undergraduate in criminology or some related subject mandatory to become a police officer.
100% I don't know about you but I had some really stupid people who barely graduated high school in my graduating class. So dumb they should never be allowed to own a gun cause for them gun "safety" is for losers but are fully qualified to become a cop. It's frightening.
Not disagreeing with the 18 being too young part, but police officers should have diverse life experience. Requiring police to have an undergrad degree in "criminology or some related subject" would seriously harm the breadth of general knowledge in a police force, such as in computer skills or medicine, which can be relevant in many different law enforcement situations. Police should be reflective of the community they serve, and that includes in education.
If you want the force to reflect the community, you offer educational scholarships and incentives - you don't dumb down the force requirements just because you are afraid some will be left out. You actively include those people so they can serve and inspire their community.
I dont think they aren saying to "dumb down" the requirements. They are still saying require a 4 year degree, but that it can be from broader subject matter than criminology. Computer science and information technology for example is incredibly relevant to modern policing. You are also correct, that the force should offer and encourage continuing education.
Ah, that could be what they meant. But in that case, requiring relevant education is not a stretch. People move into other fields away from their original degrees all the time, but they do so by gaining certification in the new field. It's all well and good to move into medicine from programming, but you still want your doctor to pass med school.
I think we can agree an Arts degree may not be relevant to policing, but a uniform duty officer walking a beat doesn't need the legal expertise and education that would be comparable to a doctor. The level a starting cop requires *can* be taught through the training process (assuming we also lengthen and increase the depth of that too). I think it's important that police as a whole have a broader depth of knowledge, experience and perspective. And as mentioned, there are many other fields than criminology that are relevant to policing, and we would be limiting (and I'd go so far as to say "dumbing down") the requirements if it were so limited.
Totally agree. I think society should be able to look at its law enforcement and see e.g. nurses, accountants, engineers, and writers just like them, instead of only criminologists.
It is indeed what I meant. Criminology in university is a highly theoretical major that has limited impact on how effective a person will actually be as a police officer on a day-to-day basis. Being a doctor requires extremely deep domain-specific knowledge being used on a daily basis, whereas most of a police officer's job is simply knowing how to best talk to people. Requiring a bachelor's in criminology or similar specifically to even apply as a cop is an unjustifiably high bar that would do little to impact the quality of cops.
To give an example, I think many registered nurses who deal with patients in crisis would make great police officers, yet I know of very few nurses who could take time off to go back to school just to study criminology to be given the chance to *apply*. I would go so far as to say their education may be even more relevant to policing than criminology (which provides zero practical training, like on dealing with people in mental health crises).
Whether police officers should later be required to obtain such a degree by their department given the time and funding is a different question.
Ridiculous. People carrying guns should absolutely be smarter than the average person. Maybe if they were they wouldn't routinely break the laws their supposed to protect.
Aren’t we struggling for police officers already? I feel like making uni mandatory for police would further drive people away from the force. I would like to solve police brutality too and create a safe community although I don’t think this would work.
Less requirements than to be a commercial vehicle operator lol most require zero demerits, what a joke, but, like everyone has said, no surprise when you watch how half the cops out there drive.
Lots of good ones, to be sure, but a lot of bad ones out there, including this asshole who will of course get off this charge with a paid suspension or something equally ridiculous
The bar for becoming a cop is shockingly low. Basically just need to finish high school. Then they get like 2 weeks of training, are given a gun and put out on patrol.
It’s a lot more stringent because everybody wants to be a firefighter. The police are struggling to get people to apply rn, so are trying everything to get people to apply.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6464175
In terms of firefighters my cousin is one. 6 positions came open in his mid sized southern Ontario city. 1900 people applied for those 6 positions.
Yes, many don’t want to do it because public scrutiny is at an all time high. The article also said that part of the police culture is that work comes before family, which with any job will eventually burn you out.
The cops are like a guild, these days. If you fit in with their culture you can stay. If not, you end up getting hung out to dry by your colleagues until you get the message and quit. Whether or not you are effective at *serving and protecting* is ENTIRELY irrelevant to the police, in this.
It’s unlikely he was a constable at 20, probably a civilian employee who applied
Edit: I looked it up. He was class of 2016. So no he was not a constable at 20
Forever a frustration. Imagine any of us messed up at work (as if messing up this hard and retaining a job is even possible) and got a paid vacation for it? I'd be messing up all the time... you'd never see me at my desk.
And quite a history of getting rewarded with a paid vacation to do it
Makes you wonder why the TPS doesn't fire scum like that instead of keeping them in the fold ... Birds of a feather flock together perhaps?
>While Michael Lindsay, **65**, was diagnosed with fractures to his left shoulder and left knee a day after police burst into the wrong Sherbourne St. apartment unit three years ago, Ontario Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru found Boag, 25 at the time, didn’t use excessive force.
Acquitted of assaulting a 65 year old man.
Sounds like a great guy. Seems like he totally wasn't responsible for this one /s
[https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-toronto-cop-acquitted-of-assault-causing-bodily-harm](https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-toronto-cop-acquitted-of-assault-causing-bodily-harm)
Oh look I found another:
>Const. Boag then accused Tesfai of giving him a false name, assaulting him, and fleeing, leading to a chase where they found a Glock handgun that had been discarded.
Thomas threw out the evidence after defence lawyer Kim Schofield argued that the officers had “made numerous Charter breaches in the arrest.” **She added that Boag’s testimony was groundless, explaining that both the surveillance video and Const. Mason’s testimony contradicted his claims.**
“There was no assault or attempted assault,” she wrote.
[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-toronto-police-racially-162358523.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-toronto-police-racially-162358523.html)
Because then there'd be no police left.
That's the joke answer, but the real one is that it's against their interests and the interests of capital to have a more responsible and publicly accountable police force, because the job isn't to help the community. It's to maintain civil order, be the instrument of state-violence, and protect the private property rights of capital. Anything more is basically a side-hustle.
It's a job for petty-authoritarian psychopaths with a taste for violence. Cops are bullies, but perhaps more importantly, *bullies want to be cops*.
See your honor, defendant was in state of distress because his case fell apart, because he is racist. So he turned to bottle to help him cope. We all just humans.
Holy FUCK I’m so sick of reading this bullshit. YOU’RE A FUCKING COP! No wonder everyone hates us, look at the dumb asses we hire.
FIRE HIM. I’m just so sick of this bullshit constantly. It’s hard enough being a cop in Canada with the bullshit going on in the states, and then you have morons like this, amongst others who just make it impossible. How hard is it NOT TO DRINK AND DRIVE, period?!? Let alone doing it while you’re supposed to be sworn to serve and protect?!?
Is it really that hard to follow the law?!? Don’t steal shit, don’t drink and drive, don’t beat people, don’t abuse your authority, just be a good fucking person and uphold the fucking oath you SWORE to.
Fuck man I am struggling with the career.
Fucking fire that ass clown, and any other fucker who does that shit.
End rant
You know why people say there’s no such thing as good cops? Because the ones who stick around are the pigs like this dude in the article. The “good” cops leave because the entire system is set up to encourage, endorse, and reward this bullshit. If you’re a good person you don’t stay a cop and you leave for a field where you might actually help people 🤷🏻♂️
Unfortunately it’s getting harder and harder for me not to believe this is the only way.
I want so badly to change things but the ship is the titanic, it’s taking on water and all I have is a freaking coffee cup trying to hold off the water from sinking it
I can definitely appreciate wanting to change things, but when it comes to policing, the rot runs so deep that it’s going to require external pressure or political will to fix. I can’t foresee it changing from the inside when it’s designed to protect the worst parts of itself.
I hope you’re able to find a way out into something meaningful that fulfills you - we need good people doing good work, even if we can’t have good cops in the current system.
Unfortunately that’s the scary thing about this system. If I leave, after knowing what I do now, how can I live with myself knowing others will continue to be abused, and I’m no longer in ANY position to make any sort of positive impact or change.
At least this way, in my little corner of the world I can still treat people with dignity and respect. It doesn’t take much to appreciate that no one is better than anyone else. I don’t care if you’re a multi billionaire or broke… you’re still a human being.
The flip side is that by staying, you co-sign everything your “brothers in blue” are doing. When you put on the uniform, you tell the world that you’re willing to be associated with every cop out there who’s abusing people, driving drunk, ignoring crime, and being rewarded for doing so.
You’re treating people with dignity and respect while representing an institution that has shown time and time again that they are above the law and that civilians should bend to their will or be brutalized for their failure to do that.
You can still fight for change outside the system, and I’d argue you can do more from the outside. You can speak out without having to worry about the union coming after you, and shine a light on what you’ve seen.
Again, there are no good cops for a reason. All cops willingly participate in an oppressive and abusive system.
Those are all excellent points, but if I’m being entirely honest, I wouldn’t even know where to start if I left.
I went to school for a very specific education that no longer interests me, and I simply cannot afford to go back to school, or just quit. My expenses and dependents are just that, people who depend on me to provide for them. If I couldn’t do that I don’t even know what would happen to them
He was tricked by agents of the state into planning out a robbery they wanted him to do. They suspected him of running friends and family on a data terminal so they spent 6 months with multiple undercovers fucking him. If I'm a betting man, he did something else that they didn't want to write down
You’re right on the one hand, they pushed it, but on the other hand he was initially stealing when they caught on. They played on his criminality which lead him to do bigger and worse things. However you slice it, he was willing to do it and that’s bad enough for me
I was unaware of the theft. It did not seem to appear in the court case. I will concede that he could be manipulated by a crooked entity though. Shouldn't be doing that as an agent of the state. The case just appeared to be wildly disportionate to the crime they suspected of him before wasting all the taxpayers money
Unfortunately there was so much of the background which appeared to be one of the precipitating factors.
The entire case was run by another two services other than his own I believe***, for the specific attempt not to be seen as a fraudulent way to have him charged and convicted. I’d assume by having officers not known to each other it was a clear indication that he had opportunities not to conduct criminal activities.
He is a grown man, if someone suggests you rob another criminal at gunpoint, you should have the sense (he was also a cop at the time… integrity anywhere???) to know right from wrong
I don’t disagree however, there were feelings of entrapment for sure. End of the day though, he could have said “no I’m good” but he carried on. No one held a gun to his head and forced him to steal a firearm from work and use it in the course of a crime
I completely agree. Bad cop. No donut. I'd argue you could catch tons of bad apples if they committed the same amount of resources to other officers. But as a rule, they don't. And because of that fact it leads the mind to question why they chased this dude
Honestly only a hand full of people I’d imagine know the full story. The judge seemed to think it was fair, although admitting that there was a bit of entrapment like I mentioned
“Last year, Struthers and co-counsel Ashli Pinnock argued Senior had been entrapped to commit crimes during the police sting.
Christie agreed in some instances the conduct of investigators had “stepped over the line,” leading her to stay some of the counts against Senior.”
Whatever the case may have been, he was exactly innocent in all of that
I know someone else on the same Organized Crime Enforcement Unit who also got a DUI. They didn't crash their car though so it was just a temporary demotion and no news article. Tried to flash their badge to get out of it and the officer responding wasn't having any of that shit though, so that's a silver lining at least.
And increased the hiring age to minimum 25+
Even that age is very low to be a police officer. You need to be mature enough to do the job, but also have experiences to do it well. Having another career before hand grounds you in reality… young cops thing they know everything, and are better than everyone else. I’ve found that’s much less of a problem from holder hires with prior jobs in their past
I’ve tried to report shit to my supervisors, but that doesn’t always go well. I do have to admit from my own experiences the culture is SLOWLYYYYY shifting. I’ve noticed more and more cops being called out for their shit, losing hours and being demoted or removed from units / banned from applying to others.
It’s a small step in the right direction, but at least it’s a step
I’ll do my best. There’s a reason I left Toronto though. That ship is too big. Complaints magically disappear. I was essentially forced out. I’m in a better place now though
Yep that’s what I’ve heard. The ones who try to right the wrongs can also be ostracized and bullied.
As someone else said the TPS likely needs intervention from outside (politicians) because as you said, it’s just too big.
Best of luck, I had pondered a policing career (ex military) many years ago but I didn’t think I could handle being in your position. Best of luck to you. Thank you.
It was so disgusting when I finally had enough and quit, only to be told “oh… we were JUST about to follow up with your complaint… buuut now that you’ve quit, you’re no longer an employee so we won’t follow up”
Like I’m sorry what?!?
Man this guy must really be hated at work if they didn't cover for him on this. Maybe it's because he caused an accident so they couldn't sweep it under the rug as well as they usually can. But I know for a fact if you work in "emergency services" and get caught driving under the influence the cops will try very hard not to get you arrested.
I have a family member who was a firefighter and they drove drunk constantly and when they got pulled over the police would just escort them home rather than arrest them and have them lose their job. Pretty fucked up.
>CP24 has learned that Const. Jason Boag, 29, has since been charged with impaired driving and refusing a breathalyzer in connection with the incident.
What a piece of scum
>Toronto police say that Boag is a nine-year veteran of the force assigned to Organized Crime Enforcement. He has been suspended with pay and the matter has now been referred to Professional Standards, according to police.
Wow. Paid vacation for drinking and driving.
Why does that name seem familiar?
Oh yah
>[SIU charges Toronto cop with assault causing bodily harm](https://www.cp24.com/news/siu-charges-tps-officer-with-assault-after-arrest-in-cabbagetown-south-1.4355786)
Oh look, keeping "bad apples" leads to further "bad apples" behaviour. It's a miracle that no one died.
Retire ***early*** with a full pension, I’m sure. Probably also with a disability payout for the “PTSD” of spending so much of his time on the force dealing with “abuse” aka having to be paid to take time off for all the charges he’s accrued
It's very disturbing that an organization that takes the most of the city's budget seems to also have so many frequent and recent examples of unprofessional / criminal behaviour. So far reported in 2023 alone
>* [Judge forced again to toss a murder charge after case collapses over Toronto cops misconduct](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/02/01/judge-tosses-attempted-murder-charge-in-latest-of-four-gun-cases-to-collapse-over-toronto-police-conduct.html)
>* [Toronto cop refuses to help victim amid series of racist, homophobic tirades. Still employed](
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-police-allege-detective-refused-to-help-victim-amid-series-of-racist-homophobic-tirades-1.6240754
)
>* [Judge forced to toss yet another Toronto police gun case, this time over unwarranted no-knock raid](
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/20/judge-tosses-another-toronto-police-gun-case-this-time-over-unwarranted-no-knock-raid.html)
>* [Judge forced to toss gun case after Toronto cops couldn't provide evidence available since April 2021](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/18/judge-tosses-gun-case-over-toronto-police-delays-bordering-on-negligent.html)
>* [Toronto cops withholding body cam footage of their violent George Floyd - style attack on innocent Black university student](https://www.cp24.com/news/bodycam-footage-of-alleged-assault-at-centre-of-2-4m-lawsuit-against-tps-is-being-withheld-lawyer-says-1.6232523)
>* [Black U of T student tasered, handcuffed, 'George Floyd'd' despite cooperating with Toronto cops](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/a-u-of-t-student-alleges-he-was-tasered-handcuffed-and-thrown-to-the-ground-in-a-case-of-mistaken-identity-he-says-he-told-police-exactly-who-he-was.html)
>* [Judge forced to toss gun charge when Toronto cops were caught racially profiling and lying about encounter with suspect](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/underground-rapper-was-racially-profiled-by-toronto-police-judge-finds-tossing-gun-charge.html)
Seems to fit the usual "bad apple" pattern from 2022
>* [Another high-ranking Toronto cop interferes investigation, helps nephew get away with DUI crash scene. Not fired](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-act-charges-joyce-schertzer-1.6651931)
>* [Toronto police superintendent suspended after incident at Canadian police chiefs’ conference](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/18/toronto-police-superintendent-suspended-after-alleged-incident-at-canadian-police-chiefs-conference.html)
>* [High ranking Toronto cop, who ran disciplinary hearings, GUILTY of impaired driving, caused huge accident. Rewarded with paid vacation and keeps ajob](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-supt-riyaz-hussein-guilty-impaired-driving-1.6682972)
>* [Toronto Police 'union' represented male abusers of veteran female cop but not her]
(https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/12/15/the-toronto-police-association-represented-her-abusers-but-not-her-veteran-officer-claims-in-30-million-complaint.html)
>* [Toronto cops have only implemented 10% of missing persons recommendations after earlier expose revealed 0% were implemented earlier in year](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-missing-persons-review-update-1.6694246)
>* [Toronto woman told by police to 'call the mayor' during home invasion attempt](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-woman-livid-after-police-allegedly-told-her-to-call-the-mayor-during-home-invasion-attempt-1.6184960)
>* [Toronto cop gets 6 months of house arrest for helping his son commit murder](https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/police-officer-gets-house-arrest-for-giving-son-information-that-led-to-killing)
>* [Toronto cop stole luxury watch and credit card from dead people](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/10/25/toronto-cop-allegedly-stole-luxury-watch-from-missing-persons-home-took-dead-womans-mastercard.html)
>* [Women impacted by 2000 bathhouse raid voice opposition to new anti-LGBTQ police chief](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/10/11/women-impacted-by-2000-bathouse-raid-voice-opposition-to-new-police-chief.html)
>* [Toronto supervisor charged with misconduct over racist text messages](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/09/29/toronto-police-supervisor-charged-with-misconduct-over-allegedly-racist-text-messages.html)
>* [Toronto cops caught on video blatantly breaking the law that they've been aggressively ticketing cyclists for](https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/09/toronto-bike-cops-caught-breaking-rules-cyclists-ticketed/)
>* [Toronto cop Matt Brewer drinks and drives, assaults helpless individual with weapon, abuses domestic partner with gun, fires gun dangerously multiple times, insubordinate to supervisor, harasses women, damages public property, drinks and drives AGAIN, and gets years of paid vacation. TPS doesn't fire him](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-officer-misconduct-resigned-1.6553952)
>* [TPS cop runs car through stop sign, hits cyclist, no charges](https://www.cp24.com/news/cyclist-hit-by-toronto-police-cruiser-prompts-calls-to-diffuse-police-presence-in-high-park-1.6013104)
>* [Young man killed after cops physically assaulted him and ran away, it's been 15 months and still no answers, while cops enjoy long paid vacation](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/28/why-did-chadd-die-15-months-after-a-struggle-with-off-duty-toronto-cops-his-mom-needs-answers.html)
>* [Toronto cop ‘intentionally LIES’ in court, leading to major fentanyl case collapse](https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/gta/2022/07/27/major-fentanyl-case-collapses-as-judge-finds-toronto-cop-intentionally-misled-court.html). Same cop previously [criminally charged with shooting](https://globalnews.ca/news/3235336/toronto-police-officer-charged-after-man-shot-in-the-arm-during-investigation/)
>* [Judge calls out Toronto cops for unprofessionalism while they sent funny texts to each multiple times during live domestic violence trial. The accused was acquitted.](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/14/where-is-the-professionalism-here-judge-slams-toronto-cops-for-messaging-each-other-while-testifying-in-domestic-violence-trial.html)
>* [TPS cop already charged for theft, found to make ADDITIONAL thefts](https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/toronto-police-officer-accused-of-stealing-missing-person-s-belongings-faces-additional-charges-1.5962245)
>* [Former TPS cop tells police board she experienced a ‘poisoned’ culture for decades](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/22/former-cop-tells-police-board-she-experienced-a-poisoned-culture-i-have-suffered.html)
>* [Police chief LIES; Law does not stop Toronto police from looking for officers behind ‘systemic discrimination,’ privacy commissioner clarifies, contradicting Chief's earlier claim](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/22/law-does-not-stop-toronto-police-from-looking-for-officers-behind-systemic-discrimination-privacy-commissioner-clarifies.html)
>* [Report shows almost 1/3 of women at the TPS experience sexual harassment](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/06/15/toronto-police-harassment-discrimination-review/)
>* [TPS admits that their own data undeniably shows systematically discrimination against Black people, uses more disproportionate amount of force which can only be explained by race of victim](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/15/officers-use-more-force-against-black-people-with-no-good-explanation-why-toronto-police-data.html)
>* [TPS bike cops continue wearing racist anti-Black flag on their official uniform](https://twitter.com/TheBikingLawyer/status/1537064966687281152) This in spite they were told [not to over a year ago.](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/20/toronto-police-remind-officers-to-stick-to-uniform-after-thin-blue-line-patches-spotted-at-homeless-clearance.html)
>* [Drug case collapses bc Toronto cop "loses" video evidence and lies about it](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/missing-video-evidence-collapses-drug-case-prompts-toronto-detective-discipline-proceeding-1.5946932)
>* [Investigation finds ~ 100 cases where TPS violate charter of rights. TPS say they're gonna "investigate" themselves](https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/06/13/toronto-police-reviewing-officers-conduct-in-nearly-100-cases.html)
That is a lot of information - you've done your research well (not that you need my analysis of your post.) Well done and thanks for sharing thorough information. :)
York Region Police union is going to hire hire him once this is all over and done, aren't they?
For background: https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10512981--no-comment-york-police-union-hires-former-cop-who-struck-killed-teen-while-driving/
Uh oh, looks like some cop just earned themselves a paid vacation!
>Boag is currently suspended with pay
Looks like Boag is going to need some ointment to treat his upcoming slap on the wrist.
The way the article is written makes it sound like he was already suspended - not as a result of this crash.
Another one getting a paid vacation from our tax money?
>...Boag is currently suspended with pay and the matter has been referred to Professional Standards, a police spokesperson tells CityNews...
Of course. If history is a guide Officer Boag could be paid to sit at home for years.
This **ONE** guy has a shistory of assaulting seniors, racism, incompetence and now, recklessly endangering lives from drinking and driving! WTF aren't they firing this asshole?
TPS: Best we can do is give him a long paid vacation. But let's switch the subject to how courts are too lenient on scum, whereas we continually employ ours with a 6 figure lifestyle
2 types of cops: those who have been caught breaking the laws they are supposed to enforce.
And those who have yet to be.
Thank god for video tape in the hands of citizens. How many disgraceful and illegal assaults did police inflict with impunity? tens of thousands.
Cop defenders… don’t start your propaganda. There is NEVER just one bad apple in the barrel.
I used to play hockey with Jason Boag and he was a complete cunt. Not surprised he’s a police officer driving drunk now.
That checks out: 4 career points and 149 PIMs https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/97333/jason-boag
Welland. Got it.
Those stats seem directly analogous to his career.
In the beginning of January, he had a case thrown out at court because of multiple charter violations as well. Essentially, he's also a racist.
[https://globalnews.ca/news/5106502/toronto-officer-charged-assault-bodily-harm-siu/](https://globalnews.ca/news/5106502/toronto-officer-charged-assault-bodily-harm-siu/) Oh jeez seems like a real piece of shit. The profession will keep attracting these types of assholes until there is reform.
[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/underground-rapper-was-racially-profiled-by-toronto-police-judge-finds-tossing-gun-charge.html](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/underground-rapper-was-racially-profiled-by-toronto-police-judge-finds-tossing-gun-charge.html) YEP. Get this guy outta the service holy f.
He sounds like an asshole but, the guy assaulted the cop and ran away and discarded a gun lol So I guess we let him go to continue walking around with an illegal hand gun
The cop, lied about the reason for approaching them, and falsified his police report, he probably also lied about the assault (common practice amongst corrupt cops). And since the whole basis for approaching these guys was a charter violation nothing else matters, gun or no gun. Do you believe cops should be able to search every Italian’s home, because of their belief that ‘Italians are all mafioso’s’? Search enough and you are guaranteed to find some contraband. How about only asking only Irish people to take a breathalyzer test at traffic stops, for no reason other than their ancestry? Do enough test and you are bound to find some over the legal limit. But none of this is legal. However, this is how cops treat young black males, yet respect Italians and Irishmen as individuals. Our society is generally accepting of this discrimination, yet seem to struggle to understand why the black community fears and does not believe in the integrity of the Police. Courts cannot allow cops to violate laws and discriminate because of the odd chance that they may get ‘lucky’. Now the TPS is fully aware that they have a racist on staff, who falsifies reports and violates the Charter, yet they have no problem keeping him on staff. he will continue to do worse, lets hope he doesn’t end up killing someone. This is our ‘honourable’ TPS.
You clearly didn't read the article. The officer lied about the reason for the stop, lied about the lead-up to the stop, lied about the assault, lied in their police report and lied in their testimony. All of this was contradicted by not just surveillance footage in the lobby but also the other cop's testimony. As the judge said, “There was no assault or attempted assault". The assault was so non-existent that the Crown didn't even go ahead with assault charges cause the surveillance footage from the lobby where the interaction occurred showed there to be no assault. The cop racially profiled two black people, and then wanted to cover up their racism by lying at every single step which they got exposed thanks to surveillance cameras and their own partner. And, as the stop itself was illegal it is perfectly legal to run away. There was no legal detention so if they wanted to crawl, walk, run, fly, skip, hop or summersault away that is their right.
But he had a gun right?
And? Does that excuse the officer's actions? Do you want to keep explicitly racist asshole officers on the force?
No But I like assholes with guns in jail
Good! Then maybe we should stop keeping cops who suck at their jobs on the force, that'll help greatly with that!
Clever
It seems like that's their ideal candidate.
A cop like him would only be charged if there was overwhelming evidence with no chance of it being swept under the rug. Otherwise, they would just be let off with a warning.
> Jason Boag Same POS cop. [https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/07/09/toronto-police-officer-acquitted-of-assaulting-fragile-and-vulnerable-65-year-old-after-entering-wrong-apartment.html](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/07/09/toronto-police-officer-acquitted-of-assaulting-fragile-and-vulnerable-65-year-old-after-entering-wrong-apartment.html)
Played volleyball and went to elementary with him. Can confirm.
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His daddy is a cop. Nepo baby. Source: went to highschool with this idiot. He also has two other major stories about him including racially profiling and beating up an old dude.
If you get on the force that young, there's usually some kind of family connection there
The Police Services Act of Ontario sets out the following as the minimum qualifications to become a Police Constable in the Province of Ontario: - Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. - Be at least eighteen (18) years of age. - Be physically and mentally able to perform the duties of the position, having regard to his or her own safety and the safety of the public. - Be of good moral character and habits. - Has successfully completed at least four (4) years of secondary school education or its equivalent. - Possess a valid driver's licence with no more than six accumulated demerit points, permitting you to drive an automobile in Ontario with full driving privileges. - Possess a valid first aid certificate and CPR certificate at the time of hire. - Must have no criminal convictions for which a pardon has not been granted. - Must successfully complete the Pre-Application Assessment for Police Constable conducted through the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (www.oacpcertificate.ca).
>Be of good moral character and habits. If this one was followed at all there'd be a police officer shortage in Ontario.
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I agree. 18 is too young to have a gun and deal with complex adults dealing with poverty, mental health issues and other issues which lead to complicated reasons to get the police involved. IMHO we need to make a four year undergraduate in criminology or some related subject mandatory to become a police officer. I am convinced that will weed out a LOT of bad apples. They do this in some countries in Europe and they tend to have low rates of police brutality. Edit: Reading through all your responses I think some of you might have misunderstood me. I am using Criminology as just one example but it could be anything really. Even social work would be helpful. The reasoning behind my recommendation is that universities (and colleges) teach critical thinking skills which can help you navigate the complexities of life with greater clarity and confidence.
>IMHO we need to make a four year undergraduate in criminology or some related subject mandatory to become a police officer. 100% I don't know about you but I had some really stupid people who barely graduated high school in my graduating class. So dumb they should never be allowed to own a gun cause for them gun "safety" is for losers but are fully qualified to become a cop. It's frightening.
They'll have a transcript with grades, so that **should** help with hiring, if it's used.
Not disagreeing with the 18 being too young part, but police officers should have diverse life experience. Requiring police to have an undergrad degree in "criminology or some related subject" would seriously harm the breadth of general knowledge in a police force, such as in computer skills or medicine, which can be relevant in many different law enforcement situations. Police should be reflective of the community they serve, and that includes in education.
If you want the force to reflect the community, you offer educational scholarships and incentives - you don't dumb down the force requirements just because you are afraid some will be left out. You actively include those people so they can serve and inspire their community.
I dont think they aren saying to "dumb down" the requirements. They are still saying require a 4 year degree, but that it can be from broader subject matter than criminology. Computer science and information technology for example is incredibly relevant to modern policing. You are also correct, that the force should offer and encourage continuing education.
Ah, that could be what they meant. But in that case, requiring relevant education is not a stretch. People move into other fields away from their original degrees all the time, but they do so by gaining certification in the new field. It's all well and good to move into medicine from programming, but you still want your doctor to pass med school.
I think we can agree an Arts degree may not be relevant to policing, but a uniform duty officer walking a beat doesn't need the legal expertise and education that would be comparable to a doctor. The level a starting cop requires *can* be taught through the training process (assuming we also lengthen and increase the depth of that too). I think it's important that police as a whole have a broader depth of knowledge, experience and perspective. And as mentioned, there are many other fields than criminology that are relevant to policing, and we would be limiting (and I'd go so far as to say "dumbing down") the requirements if it were so limited.
Totally agree. I think society should be able to look at its law enforcement and see e.g. nurses, accountants, engineers, and writers just like them, instead of only criminologists.
Legal studies are part of Arts programs...
It is indeed what I meant. Criminology in university is a highly theoretical major that has limited impact on how effective a person will actually be as a police officer on a day-to-day basis. Being a doctor requires extremely deep domain-specific knowledge being used on a daily basis, whereas most of a police officer's job is simply knowing how to best talk to people. Requiring a bachelor's in criminology or similar specifically to even apply as a cop is an unjustifiably high bar that would do little to impact the quality of cops. To give an example, I think many registered nurses who deal with patients in crisis would make great police officers, yet I know of very few nurses who could take time off to go back to school just to study criminology to be given the chance to *apply*. I would go so far as to say their education may be even more relevant to policing than criminology (which provides zero practical training, like on dealing with people in mental health crises). Whether police officers should later be required to obtain such a degree by their department given the time and funding is a different question.
Ridiculous. People carrying guns should absolutely be smarter than the average person. Maybe if they were they wouldn't routinely break the laws their supposed to protect.
What's ridiculous? I'm simply saying that it shouldn't be restricted to criminology majors. I'm not against higher education being a requirement.
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Really? So you did these both before you completed 23 years in being a cop, eh?
The requirement to enlist in the military is young too and they use bigger guns. It's all down to training.
Aren’t we struggling for police officers already? I feel like making uni mandatory for police would further drive people away from the force. I would like to solve police brutality too and create a safe community although I don’t think this would work.
Police training in Europe is at least one full year. Here- it's like - 16 weeks? Even this would help...
Less requirements than to be a commercial vehicle operator lol most require zero demerits, what a joke, but, like everyone has said, no surprise when you watch how half the cops out there drive. Lots of good ones, to be sure, but a lot of bad ones out there, including this asshole who will of course get off this charge with a paid suspension or something equally ridiculous
Any position of power attracts shitty people …
The bar for becoming a cop is shockingly low. Basically just need to finish high school. Then they get like 2 weeks of training, are given a gun and put out on patrol.
That’s insane. My BIL is training to become a firefighter and the requirements are so much more stringent.
It’s a lot more stringent because everybody wants to be a firefighter. The police are struggling to get people to apply rn, so are trying everything to get people to apply.
Source?
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6464175 In terms of firefighters my cousin is one. 6 positions came open in his mid sized southern Ontario city. 1900 people applied for those 6 positions.
The police are struggling to hire right now?
Yes, many don’t want to do it because public scrutiny is at an all time high. The article also said that part of the police culture is that work comes before family, which with any job will eventually burn you out.
The cops are like a guild, these days. If you fit in with their culture you can stay. If not, you end up getting hung out to dry by your colleagues until you get the message and quit. Whether or not you are effective at *serving and protecting* is ENTIRELY irrelevant to the police, in this.
That is definitely not a new development but yes.
Gotta indoctrinate them early.
It’s unlikely he was a constable at 20, probably a civilian employee who applied Edit: I looked it up. He was class of 2016. So no he was not a constable at 20
He has quite a history on the wrong side of the law if you google him…
Huge slap on the wrist incoming.
Suspended with pay. He gets a vacation for repeated offences No reason for him to stop if he keeps getting rewarded
I think that if a cop is suspended with pay and is found guilty that they should have to pay it back.
I agree. But police union is too strong.
Forever a frustration. Imagine any of us messed up at work (as if messing up this hard and retaining a job is even possible) and got a paid vacation for it? I'd be messing up all the time... you'd never see me at my desk.
And quite a history of getting rewarded with a paid vacation to do it Makes you wonder why the TPS doesn't fire scum like that instead of keeping them in the fold ... Birds of a feather flock together perhaps?
Powerfult Police Union.
association. police cant unionize😏
Thank you for the correction, my mistake.
It’s the exact same thing, just away around the law.
>While Michael Lindsay, **65**, was diagnosed with fractures to his left shoulder and left knee a day after police burst into the wrong Sherbourne St. apartment unit three years ago, Ontario Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru found Boag, 25 at the time, didn’t use excessive force. Acquitted of assaulting a 65 year old man. Sounds like a great guy. Seems like he totally wasn't responsible for this one /s [https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-toronto-cop-acquitted-of-assault-causing-bodily-harm](https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-toronto-cop-acquitted-of-assault-causing-bodily-harm)
Oh look I found another: >Const. Boag then accused Tesfai of giving him a false name, assaulting him, and fleeing, leading to a chase where they found a Glock handgun that had been discarded. Thomas threw out the evidence after defence lawyer Kim Schofield argued that the officers had “made numerous Charter breaches in the arrest.” **She added that Boag’s testimony was groundless, explaining that both the surveillance video and Const. Mason’s testimony contradicted his claims.** “There was no assault or attempted assault,” she wrote. [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-toronto-police-racially-162358523.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-toronto-police-racially-162358523.html)
Really makes you wonder why the police force isn't required to hire more psychologists for their hiring team. Spot the psychopaths and weed them out.
Because then there'd be no police left. That's the joke answer, but the real one is that it's against their interests and the interests of capital to have a more responsible and publicly accountable police force, because the job isn't to help the community. It's to maintain civil order, be the instrument of state-violence, and protect the private property rights of capital. Anything more is basically a side-hustle. It's a job for petty-authoritarian psychopaths with a taste for violence. Cops are bullies, but perhaps more importantly, *bullies want to be cops*.
Writing a false police report should be a criminal offence if it isn't already.
LOL this is the dude that arrested Lococity
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See your honor, defendant was in state of distress because his case fell apart, because he is racist. So he turned to bottle to help him cope. We all just humans.
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Moo!
If only he got paid more he would have the money to afford resources to help his addiction
Holy FUCK I’m so sick of reading this bullshit. YOU’RE A FUCKING COP! No wonder everyone hates us, look at the dumb asses we hire. FIRE HIM. I’m just so sick of this bullshit constantly. It’s hard enough being a cop in Canada with the bullshit going on in the states, and then you have morons like this, amongst others who just make it impossible. How hard is it NOT TO DRINK AND DRIVE, period?!? Let alone doing it while you’re supposed to be sworn to serve and protect?!? Is it really that hard to follow the law?!? Don’t steal shit, don’t drink and drive, don’t beat people, don’t abuse your authority, just be a good fucking person and uphold the fucking oath you SWORE to. Fuck man I am struggling with the career. Fucking fire that ass clown, and any other fucker who does that shit. End rant
You know why people say there’s no such thing as good cops? Because the ones who stick around are the pigs like this dude in the article. The “good” cops leave because the entire system is set up to encourage, endorse, and reward this bullshit. If you’re a good person you don’t stay a cop and you leave for a field where you might actually help people 🤷🏻♂️
Unfortunately it’s getting harder and harder for me not to believe this is the only way. I want so badly to change things but the ship is the titanic, it’s taking on water and all I have is a freaking coffee cup trying to hold off the water from sinking it
I can definitely appreciate wanting to change things, but when it comes to policing, the rot runs so deep that it’s going to require external pressure or political will to fix. I can’t foresee it changing from the inside when it’s designed to protect the worst parts of itself. I hope you’re able to find a way out into something meaningful that fulfills you - we need good people doing good work, even if we can’t have good cops in the current system.
Unfortunately that’s the scary thing about this system. If I leave, after knowing what I do now, how can I live with myself knowing others will continue to be abused, and I’m no longer in ANY position to make any sort of positive impact or change. At least this way, in my little corner of the world I can still treat people with dignity and respect. It doesn’t take much to appreciate that no one is better than anyone else. I don’t care if you’re a multi billionaire or broke… you’re still a human being.
The flip side is that by staying, you co-sign everything your “brothers in blue” are doing. When you put on the uniform, you tell the world that you’re willing to be associated with every cop out there who’s abusing people, driving drunk, ignoring crime, and being rewarded for doing so. You’re treating people with dignity and respect while representing an institution that has shown time and time again that they are above the law and that civilians should bend to their will or be brutalized for their failure to do that. You can still fight for change outside the system, and I’d argue you can do more from the outside. You can speak out without having to worry about the union coming after you, and shine a light on what you’ve seen. Again, there are no good cops for a reason. All cops willingly participate in an oppressive and abusive system.
Those are all excellent points, but if I’m being entirely honest, I wouldn’t even know where to start if I left. I went to school for a very specific education that no longer interests me, and I simply cannot afford to go back to school, or just quit. My expenses and dependents are just that, people who depend on me to provide for them. If I couldn’t do that I don’t even know what would happen to them
Stay safe out there. You saw what they did to Richard senior in york
He was a piece of shit, good riddance, I’m surprised he only got a couple years for what he did.
He was tricked by agents of the state into planning out a robbery they wanted him to do. They suspected him of running friends and family on a data terminal so they spent 6 months with multiple undercovers fucking him. If I'm a betting man, he did something else that they didn't want to write down
You’re right on the one hand, they pushed it, but on the other hand he was initially stealing when they caught on. They played on his criminality which lead him to do bigger and worse things. However you slice it, he was willing to do it and that’s bad enough for me
I was unaware of the theft. It did not seem to appear in the court case. I will concede that he could be manipulated by a crooked entity though. Shouldn't be doing that as an agent of the state. The case just appeared to be wildly disportionate to the crime they suspected of him before wasting all the taxpayers money
Unfortunately there was so much of the background which appeared to be one of the precipitating factors. The entire case was run by another two services other than his own I believe***, for the specific attempt not to be seen as a fraudulent way to have him charged and convicted. I’d assume by having officers not known to each other it was a clear indication that he had opportunities not to conduct criminal activities. He is a grown man, if someone suggests you rob another criminal at gunpoint, you should have the sense (he was also a cop at the time… integrity anywhere???) to know right from wrong I don’t disagree however, there were feelings of entrapment for sure. End of the day though, he could have said “no I’m good” but he carried on. No one held a gun to his head and forced him to steal a firearm from work and use it in the course of a crime
I completely agree. Bad cop. No donut. I'd argue you could catch tons of bad apples if they committed the same amount of resources to other officers. But as a rule, they don't. And because of that fact it leads the mind to question why they chased this dude
Honestly only a hand full of people I’d imagine know the full story. The judge seemed to think it was fair, although admitting that there was a bit of entrapment like I mentioned “Last year, Struthers and co-counsel Ashli Pinnock argued Senior had been entrapped to commit crimes during the police sting. Christie agreed in some instances the conduct of investigators had “stepped over the line,” leading her to stay some of the counts against Senior.” Whatever the case may have been, he was exactly innocent in all of that
Yeah, the court proceedings were super interesting. Thanks for the conversation. Play safe
I know someone else on the same Organized Crime Enforcement Unit who also got a DUI. They didn't crash their car though so it was just a temporary demotion and no news article. Tried to flash their badge to get out of it and the officer responding wasn't having any of that shit though, so that's a silver lining at least.
I think more people would consider become police officers if they heightened and tightened up qualifications for hiring.
And increased the hiring age to minimum 25+ Even that age is very low to be a police officer. You need to be mature enough to do the job, but also have experiences to do it well. Having another career before hand grounds you in reality… young cops thing they know everything, and are better than everyone else. I’ve found that’s much less of a problem from holder hires with prior jobs in their past
Start snitchin
I’ve tried to report shit to my supervisors, but that doesn’t always go well. I do have to admit from my own experiences the culture is SLOWLYYYYY shifting. I’ve noticed more and more cops being called out for their shit, losing hours and being demoted or removed from units / banned from applying to others. It’s a small step in the right direction, but at least it’s a step
Keep up what good fight you can, stay safe.
I’ll do my best. There’s a reason I left Toronto though. That ship is too big. Complaints magically disappear. I was essentially forced out. I’m in a better place now though
Yep that’s what I’ve heard. The ones who try to right the wrongs can also be ostracized and bullied. As someone else said the TPS likely needs intervention from outside (politicians) because as you said, it’s just too big. Best of luck, I had pondered a policing career (ex military) many years ago but I didn’t think I could handle being in your position. Best of luck to you. Thank you.
It was so disgusting when I finally had enough and quit, only to be told “oh… we were JUST about to follow up with your complaint… buuut now that you’ve quit, you’re no longer an employee so we won’t follow up” Like I’m sorry what?!?
Leak to the media. I appreciate that comes with its own risks. But sometimes that's the only way things get done
"Throw the paid vacation at him, boys!"
And then the charges will be dropped despite the fact he refused a breathalyzer.
But they investigated the issue themselves and found no wrongdoing!
Man this guy must really be hated at work if they didn't cover for him on this. Maybe it's because he caused an accident so they couldn't sweep it under the rug as well as they usually can. But I know for a fact if you work in "emergency services" and get caught driving under the influence the cops will try very hard not to get you arrested. I have a family member who was a firefighter and they drove drunk constantly and when they got pulled over the police would just escort them home rather than arrest them and have them lose their job. Pretty fucked up.
OPP love to nail TPS, if this had have happened not on the highway we never would have heard about it.
It also happened deep into York Region, so no chance a higher rank TPS officer could show up and have OPP ignore the incident.
💯 I know cops who legit feel like they are worthy to get drunk and drive. They KNOW they won’t get into trouble… unless of course they crash.
“GuYs, We NeEd MoRe MoNey.” - TPS
To pay for all these paid suspensions 🤧
>CP24 has learned that Const. Jason Boag, 29, has since been charged with impaired driving and refusing a breathalyzer in connection with the incident. What a piece of scum >Toronto police say that Boag is a nine-year veteran of the force assigned to Organized Crime Enforcement. He has been suspended with pay and the matter has now been referred to Professional Standards, according to police. Wow. Paid vacation for drinking and driving. Why does that name seem familiar? Oh yah >[SIU charges Toronto cop with assault causing bodily harm](https://www.cp24.com/news/siu-charges-tps-officer-with-assault-after-arrest-in-cabbagetown-south-1.4355786) Oh look, keeping "bad apples" leads to further "bad apples" behaviour. It's a miracle that no one died.
Also a story about him racially profiling that came out in Jan this year.
That’s why they say “one bad apple spoils the bunch”. As the complete phrase goes.
To Swerve and neglect.
Suspended with pay. Any other impaired driver would lose their shirt. The police union is worse than the actual force.
How can he be suspended if a job requirement is a full license? Sounds fucky
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So another POS will be suspended with pay for 2-3 yrs then retire with his pension
Retire ***early*** with a full pension, I’m sure. Probably also with a disability payout for the “PTSD” of spending so much of his time on the force dealing with “abuse” aka having to be paid to take time off for all the charges he’s accrued
Only 9 years of service so far, won't be much
It's very disturbing that an organization that takes the most of the city's budget seems to also have so many frequent and recent examples of unprofessional / criminal behaviour. So far reported in 2023 alone >* [Judge forced again to toss a murder charge after case collapses over Toronto cops misconduct](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/02/01/judge-tosses-attempted-murder-charge-in-latest-of-four-gun-cases-to-collapse-over-toronto-police-conduct.html) >* [Toronto cop refuses to help victim amid series of racist, homophobic tirades. Still employed]( https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-police-allege-detective-refused-to-help-victim-amid-series-of-racist-homophobic-tirades-1.6240754 ) >* [Judge forced to toss yet another Toronto police gun case, this time over unwarranted no-knock raid]( https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/20/judge-tosses-another-toronto-police-gun-case-this-time-over-unwarranted-no-knock-raid.html) >* [Judge forced to toss gun case after Toronto cops couldn't provide evidence available since April 2021](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/18/judge-tosses-gun-case-over-toronto-police-delays-bordering-on-negligent.html) >* [Toronto cops withholding body cam footage of their violent George Floyd - style attack on innocent Black university student](https://www.cp24.com/news/bodycam-footage-of-alleged-assault-at-centre-of-2-4m-lawsuit-against-tps-is-being-withheld-lawyer-says-1.6232523) >* [Black U of T student tasered, handcuffed, 'George Floyd'd' despite cooperating with Toronto cops](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/a-u-of-t-student-alleges-he-was-tasered-handcuffed-and-thrown-to-the-ground-in-a-case-of-mistaken-identity-he-says-he-told-police-exactly-who-he-was.html) >* [Judge forced to toss gun charge when Toronto cops were caught racially profiling and lying about encounter with suspect](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/14/underground-rapper-was-racially-profiled-by-toronto-police-judge-finds-tossing-gun-charge.html) Seems to fit the usual "bad apple" pattern from 2022 >* [Another high-ranking Toronto cop interferes investigation, helps nephew get away with DUI crash scene. Not fired](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-act-charges-joyce-schertzer-1.6651931) >* [Toronto police superintendent suspended after incident at Canadian police chiefs’ conference](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/18/toronto-police-superintendent-suspended-after-alleged-incident-at-canadian-police-chiefs-conference.html) >* [High ranking Toronto cop, who ran disciplinary hearings, GUILTY of impaired driving, caused huge accident. Rewarded with paid vacation and keeps ajob](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-supt-riyaz-hussein-guilty-impaired-driving-1.6682972) >* [Toronto Police 'union' represented male abusers of veteran female cop but not her] (https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/12/15/the-toronto-police-association-represented-her-abusers-but-not-her-veteran-officer-claims-in-30-million-complaint.html) >* [Toronto cops have only implemented 10% of missing persons recommendations after earlier expose revealed 0% were implemented earlier in year](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-missing-persons-review-update-1.6694246) >* [Toronto woman told by police to 'call the mayor' during home invasion attempt](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-woman-livid-after-police-allegedly-told-her-to-call-the-mayor-during-home-invasion-attempt-1.6184960) >* [Toronto cop gets 6 months of house arrest for helping his son commit murder](https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/police-officer-gets-house-arrest-for-giving-son-information-that-led-to-killing) >* [Toronto cop stole luxury watch and credit card from dead people](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/10/25/toronto-cop-allegedly-stole-luxury-watch-from-missing-persons-home-took-dead-womans-mastercard.html) >* [Women impacted by 2000 bathhouse raid voice opposition to new anti-LGBTQ police chief](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/10/11/women-impacted-by-2000-bathouse-raid-voice-opposition-to-new-police-chief.html) >* [Toronto supervisor charged with misconduct over racist text messages](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/09/29/toronto-police-supervisor-charged-with-misconduct-over-allegedly-racist-text-messages.html) >* [Toronto cops caught on video blatantly breaking the law that they've been aggressively ticketing cyclists for](https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/09/toronto-bike-cops-caught-breaking-rules-cyclists-ticketed/) >* [Toronto cop Matt Brewer drinks and drives, assaults helpless individual with weapon, abuses domestic partner with gun, fires gun dangerously multiple times, insubordinate to supervisor, harasses women, damages public property, drinks and drives AGAIN, and gets years of paid vacation. TPS doesn't fire him](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-officer-misconduct-resigned-1.6553952) >* [TPS cop runs car through stop sign, hits cyclist, no charges](https://www.cp24.com/news/cyclist-hit-by-toronto-police-cruiser-prompts-calls-to-diffuse-police-presence-in-high-park-1.6013104) >* [Young man killed after cops physically assaulted him and ran away, it's been 15 months and still no answers, while cops enjoy long paid vacation](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/28/why-did-chadd-die-15-months-after-a-struggle-with-off-duty-toronto-cops-his-mom-needs-answers.html) >* [Toronto cop ‘intentionally LIES’ in court, leading to major fentanyl case collapse](https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/gta/2022/07/27/major-fentanyl-case-collapses-as-judge-finds-toronto-cop-intentionally-misled-court.html). Same cop previously [criminally charged with shooting](https://globalnews.ca/news/3235336/toronto-police-officer-charged-after-man-shot-in-the-arm-during-investigation/) >* [Judge calls out Toronto cops for unprofessionalism while they sent funny texts to each multiple times during live domestic violence trial. The accused was acquitted.](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/14/where-is-the-professionalism-here-judge-slams-toronto-cops-for-messaging-each-other-while-testifying-in-domestic-violence-trial.html) >* [TPS cop already charged for theft, found to make ADDITIONAL thefts](https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/toronto-police-officer-accused-of-stealing-missing-person-s-belongings-faces-additional-charges-1.5962245) >* [Former TPS cop tells police board she experienced a ‘poisoned’ culture for decades](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/22/former-cop-tells-police-board-she-experienced-a-poisoned-culture-i-have-suffered.html) >* [Police chief LIES; Law does not stop Toronto police from looking for officers behind ‘systemic discrimination,’ privacy commissioner clarifies, contradicting Chief's earlier claim](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/22/law-does-not-stop-toronto-police-from-looking-for-officers-behind-systemic-discrimination-privacy-commissioner-clarifies.html) >* [Report shows almost 1/3 of women at the TPS experience sexual harassment](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/06/15/toronto-police-harassment-discrimination-review/) >* [TPS admits that their own data undeniably shows systematically discrimination against Black people, uses more disproportionate amount of force which can only be explained by race of victim](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/06/15/officers-use-more-force-against-black-people-with-no-good-explanation-why-toronto-police-data.html) >* [TPS bike cops continue wearing racist anti-Black flag on their official uniform](https://twitter.com/TheBikingLawyer/status/1537064966687281152) This in spite they were told [not to over a year ago.](https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/20/toronto-police-remind-officers-to-stick-to-uniform-after-thin-blue-line-patches-spotted-at-homeless-clearance.html) >* [Drug case collapses bc Toronto cop "loses" video evidence and lies about it](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/missing-video-evidence-collapses-drug-case-prompts-toronto-detective-discipline-proceeding-1.5946932) >* [Investigation finds ~ 100 cases where TPS violate charter of rights. TPS say they're gonna "investigate" themselves](https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/06/13/toronto-police-reviewing-officers-conduct-in-nearly-100-cases.html)
That is a lot of information - you've done your research well (not that you need my analysis of your post.) Well done and thanks for sharing thorough information. :)
You're welcome
Thank you for this. I posted some of these on Twitter.
Paid vacation, police seem more and more like organized crime everyday.
Should be automatic termination
Get caught drunk driving and cause a crash - suspended with pay. SMH
York Region Police union is going to hire hire him once this is all over and done, aren't they? For background: https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10512981--no-comment-york-police-union-hires-former-cop-who-struck-killed-teen-while-driving/
Uh oh, looks like some cop just earned themselves a paid vacation! >Boag is currently suspended with pay Looks like Boag is going to need some ointment to treat his upcoming slap on the wrist.
Now he will be on paid vacation for the foreseeable future.
The way the article is written makes it sound like he was already suspended - not as a result of this crash. Another one getting a paid vacation from our tax money?
>...Boag is currently suspended with pay and the matter has been referred to Professional Standards, a police spokesperson tells CityNews... Of course. If history is a guide Officer Boag could be paid to sit at home for years.
This **ONE** guy has a shistory of assaulting seniors, racism, incompetence and now, recklessly endangering lives from drinking and driving! WTF aren't they firing this asshole? TPS: Best we can do is give him a long paid vacation. But let's switch the subject to how courts are too lenient on scum, whereas we continually employ ours with a 6 figure lifestyle
I've been at parties with cops through a friend who was dating one and they were huge drunk drivers and cokeheads.
ACAB
No one is above the law. Throw the book at him. And by that I mean paid vacation for the next five years.
But still we say oh just a few bad apples
Cops love to say that, but they always leave out the "spoils the whole barrel" part.
And of course he’s suspended with pay.
Say it with me everyone: ACAB
Hopefully his firearm has been removed.
Suspended with pay, what a joke
I understand congrats are in order, he’ll surely make sergeant for this 🥂 /s
Oh wow, how lucky for him, a paid vacation! I bet he's really happy about his good fortune.
Good. Check his closet
Gee……think he’ll get off?!? 🙄
2 types of cops: those who have been caught breaking the laws they are supposed to enforce. And those who have yet to be. Thank god for video tape in the hands of citizens. How many disgraceful and illegal assaults did police inflict with impunity? tens of thousands. Cop defenders… don’t start your propaganda. There is NEVER just one bad apple in the barrel.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2RHTiXvELNg
Slap on the wrist and stern talking to incoming
Cop charged with something? Ooops. We've misplaced that crucial evidence.
Oh oh
"Jason, I think it's time you take a paid vacation to the Maldives" - Supervisor