C-148 - Conduct Appeal

The Appellant appealed a Conduct Board (Board) decision which found that five allegations against them had been established, contrary to section 7.1 of the RCMP Code of Conduct. The allegations involved incidents of verbal and physical abuse committed by the Appellant towards their intimate partner as well as one incident of driving while impaired. The Board directed the Appellant to resign from the Force within 14 days, in default of which they would be dismissed.

The Appellant submitted that the decision was reached in a procedurally unfair manner because they were represented by ineffective counsel during the conduct hearing. The Appellant also presented various arguments, most of these lacking substantiation, relating to the reasonableness of the decision and the conduct measure imposed.

The ERC found that the Appellant had not established their claim of ineffective counsel, and that the decision was therefore not reached in a procedurally unfair manner. In addition, the ERC found that the Appellant had not established that the Board’s decision finding that the allegations were established and ordering their dismissal was clearly unreasonable.

The ERC recommends that the appeal be dismissed.