Officer accused of releasing driver for hockey tickets
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 | 4:51 PM ET
CBC News
A Toronto police officer has been accused of letting a man walk away from a roadside Breathalyzer test in exchange for tickets to a hockey game.
The allegation against Const. Paul Stone from 52 Division was included in the details of internal disciplinary charges made public Tuesday.
Internal affairs investigators claimed the officer was assigned to traffic duties in February when he pulled a man over who refused to give a breath sample.
Instead of arresting him investigators claim the man was set free after he gave Stone tickets to a hockey game.
Stone is facing one charge each of insubordination and corrupt practice.
Const. Roger Mayers of 54 Division has also been charged with one count each of deceit and neglect.
The four Police Services Act charges round out a list of 55 charges filed against a total of nine officers earlier this month.
- TORONTO POLICE: Under Fire
The details of the majority of the charges were made public July 8, after the seven officers involved were served with them.
William McCormack Jr., the son of a former police chief, was charged with 23 breaches of the Act, including insubordination, deceit and corruption in connection with an alleged police protection racket in the city's entertainment district.
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