Quebec’s ministry of domestic security has launched two separate inquiries into the conduct of a Montreal police officer who was suspended from duty after he allegedly urinated on an unhoused person.
In a communiqué published Sunday afternoon, domestic security minister Guy Lapointe said the investigations were ordered after Montreal’s police chief, in accordance with provincial regulations, informed the ministry “of a criminal allegation against a police officer.”
“In order to maintain the public’s trust, the minister has requested that both the Independent Investigations Office and the Police Ethics Commissioner conduct an investigation into the allegation and the conduct of the officer or officers involved,” the communiqué stated.