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RSS FeedsToronto cops recorded mocking woman with Down syndrome plead guilty to misconduct
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

28 november 2017 19:15:20

 
Toronto cops recorded mocking woman with Down syndrome plead guilty to misconduct
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


The two Toronto police officers captured on their cruiser’s dash camera mocking a woman with Down syndrome pleaded guilty to professional misconduct Tuesday, both apologizing for conduct they admitted negatively impacted public trust in police.“I said something awful and I truly do regret it,” Const. Sasa Sljivo said in the agreed statement of facts read out at a tribunal Tuesday. “I became a bully that day and I insulted a community that has never done anything to me in my life.”“If I could do anything or change anything…I really would. I am totally guilty and I don’t have anything to say for myself other than that I am sorry,” Slijvo continued. The officer pleaded guilty to using profane, abusive or insulting language, contrary to the Toronto police code of conduct. His partner on the night of the incident, Const. Matthew Saris, pleaded guilty to neglect of duty for failing to report the comments made by Slijvo — remarks he can be heard chuckling at.In the agreed statement of facts read out, Saris said he is generally a happy guy who tends to laugh at everything, but said that doesn’t excuse his conduct. “The whole thing has been very embarrassing for myself, my family and the service,” Saris said. “I’m just truly sorry.”Slijvo and Saris were charged under the Police Services Act after they were caught giggling about Francie Munoz. The 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome was called a “half woman” and a “little disfigured” by Sljivo in November 2016, after they pulled over a vehicle driven by Munoz’s mother, Pamela.Their mockery was discovered after Pamela Munoz fought an alleged traffic violation and subsequently obtained dash cam video from the traffic stop. Before hearing officer Insp. Richard Hegedus, prosecutor Insp. Domenic Sinopoli on Tuesday said the “misconduct is clear,” calling the comments “completely and u ...


 
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