{"id":824020,"date":"2026-07-24T22:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824020\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:33:15","slug":"ottawa-officer-disciplined-for-saying-he-likes-it-rough-after-hard-training-takedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824020\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa officer disciplined for saying he ‘likes it rough’ after hard training takedown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Ottawa police officer who took down a female officer during use-of-force training too harshly, explained that he “likes it rough,” and later told the same officer that hog-tying people was a “turn-on,” “foreplay” and something he does “every morning,” has been ordered to forfeit about 18 days of pay.<\/p>\n

It’s the second time Const. Andre Hart has been disciplined for verbal misconduct in the past 16 months, according to a settlement agreement reached Thursday and posted online by Ottawa police.<\/p>\n

In March 2025 Hart was disciplined by Chief Eric Stubbs “for making an offensive remark about another officer related to a ground protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code,” the agreement reads.<\/p>\n

Hart forfeited one day of pay back then and was counselled by a superintendent about the force’s workplace harassment, violence and discrimination policy.<\/p>\n

Hart has been a police officer for about 21 years, starting in Toronto and with the Ottawa police since 2019. He was recently working for the Ottawa police mental health unit.<\/p>\n

Requalification training drills<\/p>\n

The settlement agreement over the more recent comments goes over the timeline from this past February.<\/p>\n

Hart was taking part in use-of-force requalification training with a woman constable and another man.<\/p>\n

At one point Hart “incorrectly wrapped his arms” below the woman’s knees “causing significant discomfort, and drove her down with force.”<\/p>\n

She told Hart that he caused her pain, and both she and the other officer said Hart was performing the move incorrectly and unsafely.<\/p>\n

“When Const. Hart was prompted to correct his technique and to avoid being too rough, [he] commented that he ‘likes it rough.'”<\/p>\n

\"FlagsAn aerial view of the entrance to Ottawa Police Service headquarters in April. (Michel Aspirot\/CBC)’Ew no, not like that’<\/p>\n

Later, after the woman said they were going to practise hog-tying people, Hart said “That’s a turn-on.”<\/p>\n

“Ew no, not like that,” she said.<\/p>\n

“This is foreplay for me. I do it every morning,” Hart replied.<\/p>\n

Feeling uncomfortable, the woman told a supervisor that she was uneasy about continuing to be paired with Hart, especially because the afternoon’s training drills would involve “mounting techniques,” the settlement agreement states.<\/p>\n

Hart was charged with engaging in workplace sexual harassment under the Community Safety and Policing Act. The matter was handed off to the Ontario Police Arbitration and Adjudication Commission, and the settlement was quickly reached.<\/p>\n

He admitted to making the sexually harassing comments, co-operated with investigators from the Professional Standards Unit, “expressed remorse for his actions, and accepted responsibility,” the agreement reads.<\/p>\n

The approximately 18 days of pay Hart is giving up works out to about $8,140.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-824020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}