OPP officer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious

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Disgraced OPP officer’s employment extended until at least October

The Ontario Civilian Police Commission, the agency tasked with adjudicating policing matters, confirmed a hearing had been adjourned until Oct. 5.

BROCKVILLE — An Ontario Provincial Police officer convicted of sexual assault, drug trafficking, and forgery will remain employed until at least October after his upcoming employment hearing was inexplicably delayed.

Jason Redmond, a Leeds County OPP officer with multiple convictions under his belt, will not appear before the Ontario Civilian Police Commission on June 15, when he was scheduled to appeal his termination from the police force.

The OCPC, the agency tasked with adjudicating policing matters, confirmed this week the hearing had been adjourned until Oct. 5. It would not give a reason for the delay.

This means Redmond’s employment will again be extended, further lengthening a process to terminate the officer which began with his original conviction in 2018.

Redmond, who began working with the OPP in the mid-2000s, has been on paid leave since he was originally charged in 2015 in connection with Project Arrowtown.

This high profile case was an 18-month investigation by Leeds County OPP into criminal activity by local police officers, and they eventually charged Redmond with illegal drug activity.

He was convicted in 2018 of drug trafficking and forgery, and more recently, in 2023, of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman. His sentencing for that crime is scheduled for June 15, when he is likely to receive jail time. In that case, the defence is asking for a sentence of two to three years in prison, while the Crown attorney said a sentence anywhere between five and seven years would be more appropriate.

According to Ontario’s Police Services Act, once an officer is sentenced to jail time, the OPP can suspend him without pay.

Redmond was also in court Friday to hear a judgment on 11 other criminal charges, including six counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, one count of assault with a weapon, and one count of failing to provide the necessaries of life. He was found guilty on nine of those charges.

Commissioner Thomas Carrique previously said the OPP’s Professional Standards Unit laid charges under the Police Services Act to have Redmond dismissed almost immediately after his drug trafficking and forgery conviction.

This was initiated on Nov. 14, 2018, but the hearings were delayed multiple times over the years, the police force said.

The process continued until November 2022, when the adjudicator sided with the OPP and ordered that Redmond be dismissed. He immediately appealed his termination, meaning he would continue to collect his salary.

The appeal hearing was scheduled for June 15 before the OCPC, but yet another delay means his employment will again be extended and he might continue to collect a taxpayer-funded salary until, and if, his termination is upheld.

The Police Services Act says an officer charged with a criminal offence can only be suspended with pay. In order for an officer to be suspended without pay, the person must be convicted and be sentenced to a term of incarceration.

Redmond was not given jail time for his 2018 crimes; he was placed on probation for one year by the court, and he has yet to be sentenced for the sexual assault charge.

This enabled him to collect his salary during the OPP’s efforts to remove him from the force, a process governed by the Police Services Act.

The solicitor general says, however, changes to policing laws governing paid leave are coming “as soon as possible.”

Michael Kerzner said in April that discussions surrounding the Community Safety and Policing Act, a piece of legislation set to replace the Police Services Act, would wrap up soon after first being passed in 2019.

The legislation was passed in 2019, but has yet to be put into force. It will, among other changes, allow a chief of police to suspend an officer without pay if the officer is charged with a serious offence.

Kerzner says the new law will be in effect by “late 2023 or early 2024.”

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OPP officer sentenced to 6 years for sexually assaulting, filming unconscious woman

Jason Redmond fired from force June 15, commissioner announces Friday

A former Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer has been sentenced to six years for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman while recording it on his mobile phone.

Jason Redmond wore a dark suit and a blue medical mask as he stood in a Brockville courtroom Friday morning to hear his sentence read. He did not speak as he was taken into custody.

The victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, stood and tearfully hugged people in the gallery as he was escorted out.

In a statement issued just hours after the sentencing, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique announced Redmond had been fired and will no longer receive pay as of June 15.

He described Redmond's behaviour as "disgraceful and criminal," adding it "undermines" the work of other OPP officers.

Justice Janet O'Brien found the fired constable's moral culpability was "extraordinarily high," saying the evidence she heard indicated he felt no shame or regret and wasn't apologetic the morning after the incident, but was instead "angry and righteous."

She noted he kept the video, told friends about it and, based on the testimony of a witness, appeared to think it was funny.

The judge said as a police officer, Redmond knows the law and would have known the victim could not consent.

"During his training and experience as a police officer, Mr. Redmond understood the harm and trauma victims of violent crime suffer," O'Brien said, adding that Redmond was at best indifferent to the harm he caused his intimate partner.

Redmond 'proving a point'

The Leeds County officer was convicted of sexual assault on Feb. 16, roughly five years after the incident in December 2017.

According to one witness, Redmond was "proving a point" to the victim that she had a drinking problem, and "he made the video to show that anybody could rape her," the judge read in her ruling.

Crown attorney Peter Napier suggested last month Redmond be sentenced to five to seven years in custody, describing what happened as a "horrendous sexual assault" that called for an "exemplary sentence."

The Crown also pointed to the fact that Redmond remains a police officer, saying he should have know the harm he was causing and "the fact he tried to show everyone what he had done was just deplorable."

Defence lawyer Karin Stein argued for two or three years behind bars, the bottom end of the typical range for sentencing.

She told court Redmond has received death threats and is dealing with trauma and an addiction to crack cocaine. Stein also said her client does not plan to return to his role as a police officer.

During sentencing, the judge ruled the assault was not the result of impulsivity or impaired judgment due to the accused's background or ongoing struggles, saying he continued to blame the victim and justify his actions.

"This illustrates his contempt for [the victim] and callous disregard for her sexual autonomy and psychological well being," she said. "This confirms the sexual assault was not a lapse in judgment or out of character for Mr. Redmond … the sexual assault was a calculated, deliberate act."

O'Brien referred to a victim impact statement where the complainant described how the event felt "so heavy and so shameful," leading her to become guarded, lonely and feeling unsafe.

The judge considered it an aggravating factor that Redmond had violated the victim's trust and assaulted her while she was unconscious and had "no ability to defend herself."

The circumstances of the case called for a "heavy sentence" above the normal range, O'Brien said.

"Mr. Redmond's conduct must be denounced in the clearest of terms."

He was also ordered to have no contact with the victim or her family, must provide a DNA sample and must comply with the sexual offender registry for 10 years.

Officer also found guilty of assault

Redmond was convicted last Friday of nine other violent offences in connection with a separate court matter.

In that case, Justice Donna Hackett found him guilty of five counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon.

That victim's identity is also protected by a publication ban. She is not the same person as the complainant in Redmond's conviction for sexual assault.

His legal history also includes a conviction for drug trafficking, for which he received one year of probation and no jail time.

He's been on paid leave from the OPP since being charged in that case in 2015.

OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique previously said the force has been seeking to dismiss Redmond since his first conviction.

"This behaviour is unacceptable for any police officer and cannot be tolerated," Carrique wrote at the time.

Appeal of dismissal from OPP withdrawn

The commissioner said the OPP's Professional Standards Unit had laid charges under the Police Services Act shortly after Redmond's initial conviction and an adjudicator ordered he be dismissed from the OPP following his conviction.

However, the officer appealed that decision, which allowed him to continue to collect his salary for the last seven and a half years while being suspended on paid leave.

Redmond's name was included on the 2021 Ontario Sunshine List, which listed his income as $121,047.96 that year.

An appeal before the Ontario Civilian Police Commission was scheduled to take place in October, but in an email to CBC earlier this week, a spokesperson for the commission said it's since been withdrawn and the matter is closed.

Stein and her client declined to comment on the move.

In his statement, Carrique said the abandonment of the appeal meant Redmond could be fired and described the court process as a "lengthy and difficult journey" for the victim as well as for police.

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OPP officer guilty of sex assault dismissed after years on paid leave

An Ontario Provincial Police officer convicted of multiple criminal offences has been dismissed after years of being on paid leave.

Former Const. Jason Redmond of the Leeds County OPP detachment was terminated Thursday after abandoning his appeal to overturn a dismissal order set to be heard this month, the force said Friday.

“The corrupt, disgraceful and criminal behaviour of this individual is inconsistent with the exemplary conduct of OPP members and our values of serving Ontarians with pride, professionalism and honour,” Commissioner Thomas Carrique said in a written statement.

The Brockville Recorder and Times previously reported that Redmond, who had been suspended, was on paid leave since 2015 stemming from a drug trafficking investigation, which he was convicted for in 2018. In February he was found guilty of sexual assault.

A judge found Redmond raped a woman while she was unconscious and made a video of the assault on his phone to “teach her a lesson,” the newspaper reported.

An adjudicator ordered the constable to be dismissed from the OPP, but the officer appealed, meaning he could still collect his salary.

The case raised questions for provincial legislators earlier this year as they had yet to put into effect an overhaul of a policing law that allows suspended officers to receive pay, even if they’re charged or convicted of a serious offence, unless they’re sentenced to prison. Redmond was sentenced to probation, not imprisonment, for his initial drug trafficking conviction.

Premier Doug Ford’s government brought in the Community Safety and Policing Act in 2019, which allowed a police chief to suspend officers without pay if they’re charged with a serious offence, as well as introducing other changes to police oversight.

Ontario is the only province in which chiefs can’t revoke the pay of suspended officers, who collect millions of dollars each year. But the 2019 law is still not in force because the government has not finished drawing up all associated regulations, such as what constitutes a “serious offence” under the new rules. It has said it hopes to have the law enacted in late 2023 or early 2024.

Carrique has said OPP has been trying to dismiss the former constable since his first conviction.

“The OPP acknowledges this has been a lengthy and difficult journey for the victims in this matter,” he said, also noting the situation’s impact on OPP members.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2023.

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OPP officer Jason Redmond sentenced to six years in jail for sex assault, fired

He was found guilty of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman in 2017

Disgraced Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police officer Jason Redmond was sentenced Friday to six years in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2017.

OPP say the constable was also fired after abandoning an appeal process that had kept him on the payroll.

Redmond recently was found guilty of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman in 2017, and making a video of it to “prove” she had a drinking problem.

Ontario Court Justice Janet O’Brien handed down the sentence in a Brockville courtroom Friday morning.

In a statement issued on the heels of the decision, the OPP confirmed that Redmond’s employment has been terminated.

“Redmond was dismissed as a member of the OPP after abandoning the Ontario Civilian Police Commission appeal process following a Police Services Act ruling terminating his employment,” the OPP statement reads.

“As a result, the member is no longer eligible to receive salary from the OPP.”

Redmond’s termination was effective Thursday, it added.

“The corrupt, disgraceful and criminal behaviour of this individual is inconsistent with the exemplary conduct of OPP members and our values of serving Ontarians with pride, professionalism and honour,” Commissioner Thomas Carrique said in a prepared statement.

“This behaviour also undermines the selfless and heroic acts our officers perform every day while serving and protecting our communities.”

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A Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was sentenced Friday to six years in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2017, prompting the police service to announce he had officially been fired.

Jason Redmond, a constable with the OPP in Leeds County, was recently found guilty of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman in 2017 and making a video of it to “prove” she had a drinking problem.

Ontario Court Justice Janet O’Brien handed down the sentence at the Brockville courthouse Friday morning, where Redmond’s estranged family, uniformed police officers, reporters, and Redmond’s victim and her family packed the courtroom.

The Crown had requested a sentence of five to seven years, describing it as an extraordinary case that requires an extraordinary sentence. Defence counsel, however, said a sentence of two to three years in a federal penitentiary would be more appropriate.

The judge on Friday said an exemplary sentence was warranted.

“In this case, the gravity of the sexual assault, the significant detrimental impact on (the victim), and the profound moral blameworthiness of Mr. Redmond calls for a heavy sentence,” O’Brien said.

“Mr. Redmond’s conduct must be denounced in the clearest of terms. I agree with the Crown this is a case in which a departure from the three to five year range is appropriate.”

In a summary of her decision, O’Brien recounted the facts of the case.

On the day in question, the victim had been drinking large amounts of alcohol, while both she and Redmond did cocaine many times throughout the day.

The judge said the victim, over the course of a long day of drinking and drug use, eventually lost consciousness either because she went to sleep or as a result of the effects of alcohol, or a combination of both.

While she was unconscious or in an incapacitated state, he “had sexual intercourse with her and recorded it on his phone,” O’Brien said Friday.

“The next morning, Mr. Redmond did not feel shame or regret. He was not apologetic. Instead, he was angry and righteous. He told (the victim) what he’d done, that he had done it to prove she could be raped, called her names, and blamed her,” the judge said.

“Mr. Redmond told (the victim) what he’d done, called her derogatory names and ridiculed her. He told her he had done it to show her how easily men could have sex with her without her knowing.”

In the weeks that followed, Redmond told several people about what he’d done.

One of the witnesses, while testifying during the trial, said Redmond “was kind of laughing” when talking about the incident.

“He was not ashamed. He appeared to think it was funny,” O’Brien said Friday.

He pleaded not guilty. His trial took place over two days last August at the Brockville courthouse, and the decision was handed down on Feb. 16 in a judge-alone trial.

According to a pre-sentence report, Redmond claims to have had a traumatic childhood, and that he was physically abused and neglected as a child.

The judge said, however, that the author of the report could not verify Redmond’s account of his childhood because he did not provide contact details.

Redmond’s lawyer has pointed to a myriad of mental health issues Redmond claims to have, including major depressive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his work as a first responder.

Despite this, the judge found it did not excuse his behaviour.

“I do not agree that his background, or mental health and substance abuse mitigates his moral culpability for this offence,” O’Brien said.

“The sexual assault was not the product of impulsivity or impaired judgment due to mental health or substance abuse.”

She said Redmond “fully understood” that he had sexually assaulted the woman, particularly because of his training and experience as a police officer.

“He is a trained police officer. He has received training in the law and took an oath to uphold our laws. He understood (she) could not consent,” O’Brien said.

“Mr. Redmond was, at best, indifferent to the harm he caused (the victim). Over the next year, he told others what he had done, and took no responsibility nor expressed any regret for his actions. He justified what he had done,” she said.

“This confirms the sexual assault was not a lapse in judgment or out of character for Mr. Redmond.”

As part of his sentence, he was given a lifetime weapons ban, required to submit his DNA, placed on the sex offenders registry for 10 years, and was barred from communicating with the victim.

Redmond, who began working for the OPP in 2006, has been on paid leave from the force since he was originally charged in connection with Project Arrowtown in 2015, a local sting operation targeting illegal drug activity.

He was convicted in 2018 of drug trafficking and forgery as a result. He was also found guilty of nine other counts of assault earlier this month against a different woman.

On June 9, Ontario Court Justice Donna Hackett found him guilty on five counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, and one count of assault with a weapon.

He has yet to be sentenced for those crimes.

Almost immediately after Redmond was sentenced for the sexual assault Friday, the OPP announced it had “terminated” Redmond’s employment, effectively ending his paid leave that began eight years ago.

“Redmond was dismissed as a member of the OPP after abandoning the Ontario Civilian Police Commission appeal process following a Police Services Act ruling terminating his employment. As a result, the member is no longer eligible to receive salary from the OPP,” the police agency announced.

His termination was effective June 15, 2023.

“The corrupt, disgraceful and criminal behaviour of this individual is inconsistent with the exemplary conduct of OPP members and our values of serving Ontarians with pride, professionalism and honour,” Commissioner Thomas Carrique said in a statement.

“This behaviour also undermines the selfless and heroic acts our officers perform every day while serving and protecting our communities.”

According to a source who did not want to be named, Redmond was transferred to Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene after being taken into custody.

He will detox there for 15 days, and then be transferred to federal corrections in Joyceville Institution for intake before he is sent to a federal penitentiary to serve the remainder of his sentence.

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Eastern Ontario OPP officer sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual assault

A former Ontario Provincial Police officer will spend six years in prison for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2017.

Shortly after Jason Redmond was sentenced at the Brockville Courthouse on Friday, the Ontario Provincial Police announced he was fired from the force, effective June 15.

Redmond was found guilty of sexual assault in February. The 43-year-old Redmond, wearing a dark suit and a medical mask, did not speak during the sentencing hearing Friday morning before being taken into custody.

During sentencing, Justice Janet O'Brien said Redmond appeared to think the assault was funny and he showed no remorse.

Redmond was an Ontario Provincial Police constable with the Leeds County detachment.

The Crown had argued the OPP constable deserved an "exemplary sentence" of up to seven years given "all the aggravating features at play."

Redmond's lawyer suggested a sentence of two to three years in a federal penitentiary.

Just before 12 p.m. on Friday, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique announced Redmond's employment with the Ontario Provincial Police has been terminated, effective June 15.

"The corrupt, disgraceful and criminal behaviour of this individual is inconsistent with the exemplary conduct of OPP members and our values of serving Ontarians with pride, professionalism and honour," Carrique said in a statement.

"This behaviour also undermines the selfless and heroic acts our officers perform every day while serving and protecting our communities."

Redmond was dismissed after abandoning the Ontario Civilian Police Commission appeal process following a Police Services Act ruling terminating his employment, according to the OPP.

Former OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis says the dismissal of Redmond is "long overdue."

"The OPP Commissioner….his hands were tied in terms of his ability to fire this officer until he was actually sentenced to jail or gave up on his appeal, and apparently both happened," Lewis, CTV's Public Safety Analyst, told CTV News Ottawa.

Lewis adds, "He's gone; good riddance."

"He shouldn’t have been a police officer, what he did was horrendous, unspeakable and no police department wants an officer like that amongst their good honest hard-working people."

Redmond was also convicted earlier this month of nine other offences in connection with a separate court matter. A judge found him guilty of five counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon.

The victim's identity is covered by a publication ban.

The OPP says Redmond was charged in November 2015, and was subsequently convicted in October 2018 for trafficking a controlled substance and uttering a forged document.

Redmond had been on paid leave from the OPP since 2015.

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Former Ontario Provincial Police officer Jason Redmond now faces nine years in jail after a Brockville court on Thursday sentenced him to more prison time for repeated instances of assault.

Ontario Court Justice Donna Hackett agreed to a joint submission from the Crown and defence calling for a three-year sentence after he was found guilty on nine counts of assault.

Those three years are to be served in addition to the six years for which Redmond was already sentenced earlier this year, for sexual assault involving a different victim.

Hackett on Thursday noted both cases involved violence against women, and courts have by now long recognized the vulnerability of female victims.

“You are not serving sentences for violence against men,” the judge told Redmond, who sat, expressionless, in the dock. “You are serving sentences for violence against women, and you will have to come to terms with that.”

In June, Hackett found, Redmond, 43, a former constable with the OPP in Leeds County, guilty of nine counts of assault. They include five counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, and one count of assault with a weapon. The convictions are the result of a criminal investigation which began in 2021 involving multiple allegations of abuse from a woman whose identity is protected by a publication ban.

In February, a judge in Brockville found Redmond guilty of sexual assault after raping an unconscious woman in 2017 and making a video of it on his phone to “prove” she had a drinking problem and to “teach her a lesson” about how irresponsible she was when consuming alcohol. He was sentenced to six years in prison in that case, and is now appealing that conviction and sentence.

The two criminal convictions involve two different women.

Redmond was also convicted in October 2018 for trafficking a controlled substance and using a forged document.

The OPP fired him just hours after he was taken into custody in June.

The victims in both cases were in the Brockville courtroom Thursday morning, with the victim in Redmond’s most recent finding of guilt reading an impact statement outlining a wrenching ordeal.

“I was groomed, lied to, used, conditioned, triangulated, manipulated, gaslighted, lovebombed, devalued, brainwashed and emotionally and physically abused by Jason Redmond,” she told the court.

“It didn’t happen suddenly, it’s insidious, creeping in slowly, until one day I didn’t recognize myself at all.”

Despite her now being in a safe and loving relationship, the effects still linger, her statement continued.

“Whenever I am out in public, either grocery shopping, running errands or in a group setting, I am on high alert and I feel a sense of urgency to get home and be alone to isolate,” she told the court.

“My trust for people has been compromised since the first time I was brutally hurt.”

“I put myself at risk by moving forward with this case but I didn’t come forward for me,” the woman continued.

And she also expressed a wish for Redmond’s rehabilitation.

“Please understand that my hope is that there are programs available to Jason Redmond and he receives the help he needs so the person who walked into these charges is not the same unsafe person walking out,” she said.

When given a chance to address the court, Redmond declined.

Assistant Crown Attorney Lorne Goldstein said that, weighing the severity of the offences, Redmond could have been given around five years. However, Goldstein cited the “totality principle,” in which a court must ensure the sum total of sentences for multiple offences is not excessive, and acknowledged the court would not have endorsed a grand total of 11 years of incarceration.

As a result, said Goldstein, the sentence in this case is “on the low end, and Mr. Redmond should recognize the fact that he is being given another break.”

The latter comment referred to a conditional discharge Redmond received in 2018.

Defense attorney Karin Stein noted Redmond’s diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), arguing that, while it does not excuse his behaviour, it provides some context. She also said Redmond was himself a victim of violence, both directly and indirectly, by his father.

Along with the extra three years, Redmond will be required to submit a DNA sample and was given a 10-year weapons prohibition. He is also banned from communicating with a dozen people, including the victim and her family, while he is in custody.

The judge stated the offences for which Redmond was convicted also marked the victim’s children, and as such their victimization required the appropriate denunciation.
Hackett was stern in her warning to Redmond upon issuing her sentence, saying he remains at high risk of reoffending if he is not serious about dealing with his issues, both while he is in prison and after.

Hackett referred to Redmond’s earlier career, prior to his slide, as something to which he could return.

“But you are going to have to be very committed to that goal,” she added.

“You need to embrace the demons that you have and deal with them as soon as you can.”

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Former Ontario Provincial Police officer Jason Redmond was back in court this week facing a brand new criminal charge.

Redmond, a former constable with the OPP in Leeds County, appeared in an Ottawa courtroom this week on a forgery charge, the latest in a string of criminal charges against him.

The charge falls under Section 368 (1) of the Criminal Code, a courthouse employee confirmed, which deals with the “use, trafficking or possession of forged document.”

The charges are a result of an Ottawa Police Service investigation, which has a policy of not commenting on matters before the courts. Details of the allegations were not immediately available.

Redmond is again being represented by Ottawa-based defense attorney Karin Stein. She did not respond to a request for comment Friday.

The newest allegation is the latest in a long list of charges against the former officer, who began working with the force in 2005 before he was fired in June of this year.

Redmond, 43, is currently in custody in Ottawa, serving a six-year prison sentence for sexual assault. In February of this year, Redmond was convicted for raping an unconscious woman in 2017 and making a video of it to “prove” she had a drinking problem.

He was also found guilty in June of nine counts of assault against a different woman. On June 9, he was found guilty on five counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, and one count of assault with a weapon. He was sentenced to an additional three years in prison for those crimes in late August.

He pleaded not guilty in both cases.

Years before his assault convictions, he was convicted of trafficking and forgery in 2018, but was not given jail time in that case. The judge sentenced him to a year of probation.

All 12 convictions occurred while he was employed as an OPP officer, though he was terminated earlier this year.

The OPP began its attempts to terminate him after his first conviction in 2018, but the hearings were delayed multiple times over the years. The process continued until November 2022 when the adjudicator sided with the OPP and ordered Redmond be dismissed, a decision Redmond immediately appealed.

Redmond dropped his appeal in June, allowing the OPP to finally fire him. His termination was effective June 15, 2023.

He will return to Ottawa court next week.

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