Agent Nancy Gagnon is blamed by the Police Ethics Commissioner for having transmitted to the police union a statement of offense that she had given to Denis Coderre in 2012.
Posted at 10:16 p.m.
According to the Police Ethics Commissioner, officer Nancy Gagnon “did not behave in such a way as to preserve the trust and consideration required by her function” by transmitting the statement of offense, can we read in the judgment. dated December 30.
On March 20, 2012, Constable Gagnon, who has been a police officer since May 1996, issued a statement of offense to Denis Coderre for having failed to pay duties and fees to the Société d’automobile du Québec.
Towards the end of 2014, she received a call from a man from the Montreal Police Fraternity asking her to have a copy of the statement of offence.
She passed it on to him, presuming that it was a document to which the Fraternity could have access. “She believed that her union would not apply for her, which could embarrass her,” the ruling said.
On December 17, 2014, the journalist from The Press Patrick Lagacé is in possession of a copy of the statement of offence.
The Commissioner of Police Ethics considers that Officer Gagnon should have validated the purpose of this document.
“Despite his good faith, [Nancy Gagnon] admits that by transmitting the statement of offense without verifying the purpose for which this document was intended, she did not behave in such a way as to maintain the trust and consideration required by her position. »