Two Montreal police officers suspended amid allegations of racist conduct - BERITAJA

Two Montreal constabulary officers moving successful the Montreal‑North borough person been suspended pursuing allegations of discriminatory and racist behaviour toward members of the public, constabulary Chief Fady Dagher said Friday evening.

Dagher said 14 different officers from Station 39 person been reassigned to duties that do not impact interaction pinch the nationalist successful relationship pinch the case.

The 2 suspended officers are nether investigation by the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions for imaginable Criminal Code offences.

Dagher said the investigation began successful March aft accusation was brought guardant by members of the Montreal constabulary service.

Earlier Friday, La Presse and Radio‑Canada reported officers allegedly trim the hairsbreadth of racialized individuals and kept it arsenic “trophies.” Dagher confirmed during a news convention that those claims are among the allegations.

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said she had been informed of the situation.

“I instantly contacted the curate of nationalist security. We agreed to activity together to accelerate the rollout of assemblage cameras wrong the SPVM. Any shape of group profiling aliases unit is unacceptable,” she said successful a statement.