{"id":946278,"date":"2026-10-25T23:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946278\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:54:11","slug":"ethics-commissioner-bei-to-probe-montreal-police-officer-suspended-for-allegedly-urinating-on-unhoused-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946278\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Commissioner, BEI to probe Montreal police officer suspended for allegedly urinating on unhoused person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec\u2019s Internal Security Minister has ordered a public inquiry into allegations that a Montreal police officer urinated on an unhoused person.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release Sunday, the ministry said the newly sworn-in minister Guy Lapointe Jr., has mandated the Police Ethics Commissioner and the police watchdog (BEI) to probe the matter in order \u201cto maintain public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police officer in question, from Station 21, was suspended by the SPVM earlier this month, along another officer who got sanctioned for an unrelated incident also involving an unhoused person. An investigation by SPVM\u2019s Professional Standards Division is underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a vote of no confidence in the Montreal Police Service, nor is it about questioning the quality of the investigation,\u201d Lapointe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is rather a question of transparency. It is clear to me that, in this specific case, the investigation must be conducted by an external entity in order to preserve public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lapointe previously served as the director of communications at the S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec before entering politics.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792972451_283_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quebec\u2019s Internal Security Minister has ordered a public inquiry into allegations that a Montreal police officer urinated on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-946278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946278","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=946278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}