Toronto police constable charged after allegedly hitting parked car, refusing breath sample22/3/2023 Officer, 49, has been suspended with pay after incidents downtown early Monday CBC News An off-duty Toronto police officer has been charged with five impaired driving related offences after he allegedly hit a parked vehicle, failed to stop for police and refused to give a breath sample downtown early Monday. The constable, 49, who has 14 years of service, was arrested after a number of incidents that began at about 3:45 a.m. in the Shuter Street and Parliament Street area, according to the Toronto Police Service. The officer has been charged with:
Police said they located the vehicle but the constable allegedly did not stop for police. He eventually pulled his vehicle over at King Street and Sumach Street, police said. When the constable was placed under arrest, he allegedly refused to provide a breath sample, police alleged. The constable has been suspended with pay, under the Police Services Act, and is due to appear in court on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 2 p.m. Off-duty Toronto cop charged with impaired driving, hit-run It's alleged he struck a parked vehicle, failed to stop, and refused to provide a breath sample Kevin Connor TORONTO SCUM Toronto Police have charged one of their own with several driving offences including impaired operation of a vehicle. On Monday at 3:45 a.m., (pubs close at 2am!) police say, the off-duty officer was operating his personal vehicle in the Shuter and Parliament Sts. area (crack town!) when he struck a parked vehicle on Shuter St. and didn’t stop. Officers located the vehicle but say the driver did not stop for police. Eventually, he pulled his vehicle over at King and Sumach Sts. and was placed under arrest. Police say he refused to provide a breath sample (the arresting cops were the only white guys in a 3 kilometre radius!). Const. Michael Juma, 49, has been charged with dangerous operation of a conveyance, fail to stop for police, refuse breath demand, impaired operation of a conveyance, and fail to remain at scene of accident. Juma, who works the duty desk at the Toronto Police Operations Centre (because he was a shit cop! no money to be made there), has 14 years of service and is now suspended with pay. Toronto cop charged with drinking and driving downtown Officer is 14-year veteran of the force who was assigned to desk duties By Jennifer Pagliaro Crime Reporter TORONTO STAR A 14-year Toronto police veteran has been charged with impaired driving, the service announced Monday in a press release.
The officer, Const. Michael Juma, 49, is alleged to have been off duty in his own vehicle in the early hours Monday morning when he struck a parked vehicle near Shuter and Parliament streets, the release said. The driver continued south of Parliament Street, police said, and at first did not stop for a fellow officer who tried to pull him over, the release alleges. “Eventually” the vehicle came to a stop at King and Sumach streets — about a kilometre away from the area of the parked car. Juma was arrested and police said he “refused to provide a breath sample.” He was charged with impaired driving, dangerous driving, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, failing to stop for police as well as refusing to provide a breath sample. There were no injuries to any persons reported. The officer is scheduled to appear in court in May. According to the press release, Juma was assigned to the police’s operations centre or duty desk, which involves more administrative work and does not require him to respond to emergency calls or conduct neighbourhood policing. Juma is now under suspension but will continue to receive pay, which is required by provincial law. Despite pushback on those laws from chiefs of police, the Police Act only allows an officer’s pay to be suspended if they are convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison time.
Comments
|
AuthorStolen from the interwebs Categories |