Superintendent Debra Preston of the Toronto Police Service has served 29 years in the Service and operates in the capacity of an adjudicator in police misconduct tribunals.
Things to Consider:
- What is the significance of making judicial matters concerning police misconduct available to the public?
- Why is “public interest” such a concerned topic in these judicial matters?
Toronto Police Service Disciplinary Hearings Office Mandate
http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/disciplinaryhearingsoffice/mandate.php
Police Services Act 1990
Part VI – Complaints & Disciplinary Proceedings
Section 85 – Sentencing Principles (decisions of disciplinary hearing by Chief of Police, Board or Commission)
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p15
Toronto Police Service Organization Chart (Disciplinary Hearings Office – horizontal to Chief of Police)