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This is the truth about the Peel police & what taxpayers are paying for - “The police lied under oath in order to cover up (an) illegal search and persisted in their lying when confronted with the most damning of evidence.
All these misdeeds were calculated, deliberate and utterly avoidable,”
“The police showed contempt, not just for the basic rights of every accused, but for the sanctity of a courtroom.”
"Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh says previous judicial findings of misconduct by Peel police have been ignored and said this case is no different."
"The officers involved “essentially colluded and then committed perjury, en masse."
Cst. Ian Dann, posing as a buyer, along with officers Jason Hobson, Jay Kirkpatrick and Steve Roy, The fifth officer whose actions were called into question has not been named publicly.
Finally the most important detail !!!!!
A of evil Peel police did them in !!!!
That - "would compromise a major drug bust and catch a police officer lying, under oath, on the witness stand."
A fact that was not noted in the Judges Decision & most media reports!
To other related media articles - READ the whole Judges decision here
Comments by others to this web-page - 2 - at time of posting.
Mississauga News - Oct 18, 2012 - By Louie Rosella, Staff.
Peel officers avoid criminal charges 
Tan-Hung Dinh. In September 2009, Peel Regional Police arrested Tan-Hung Dinh in a drug sting at a Mississauga motel,
seizing nearly a kilogram of cocaine, as well as other drugs.
Police Chief Jennifer Evans said five officers involved in the case will not face criminal charges. File photo
The officers became the subject of a Peel police internal investigation after the finding by Superior Court Justice Deena Baltman last fall.
“The police lied under oath in order to cover up (an) illegal search and persisted in their lying when confronted with the most damning of evidence. All these misdeeds were calculated, deliberate and utterly avoidable,” Baltman said after one of the two men charged in the drug sting pleaded guilty this past February. “The police showed contempt, not just for the basic rights of every accused, but for the sanctity of a courtroom.”
Peel's Internal Affairs Unit finished its investigation in late August and forwarded its results to Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General for review and consultation.
That review was completed Monday (Oct. 15).
In a statement released this afternoon (Thurs. Oct. 18), police said, "After a comprehensive review of all of the available evidence and in consultation with the ministry, no criminal charges will be laid against any of the involved officers."
Peel police Chief Jennifer Evans has directed that the investigation of the officers continue in relation to any possible allegations of misconduct under the Police Services Act.
“The public’s trust is earned every day by remaining an organization committed to the highest level of integrity and transparency," she said in a statement.
Baltman called the conduct of the officers “reprehensible.” In September 2009, Peel police charged two Mississauga men with several drug-related offences.
A preliminary hearing into the matter was held before Baltman. On Sept. 27, 2011, Baltman delivered a ruling that "brought into question evidence given during the preliminary hearing by five members of our service," then Police Chief Mike Metcalf said. The contents of the ruling were subject to a court-imposed publication ban.
When Tan-Hung Dinh, 28, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking last February, the publication ban was lifted.
Charges against the second man, Phuoc Nguyen, were stayed.
Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh says previous judicial findings of misconduct by Peel police have been ignored and said this case is no different. “Since last September, Internal Affairs has had a formal finding from a Superior Court judge who concluded the officers’ conduct was reprehensible and should be addressed,” Shemesh said. “Nothing has happened.
No charges have been laid and Internal Affairs appears to be asleep at the wheel.” Shemesh represented Dinh, who avoided prison time after Baltman found Peel officers beat him, searched his home illegally and then came to court and lied about it. Baltman cited police misconduct as the reason for excluding all evidence seized from Dinh’s home, including two kilograms of cocaine and 2,000 grams of ecstasy.
The officers involved “essentially colluded and then committed perjury, en masse. This must be addressed in a concrete way,” Baltman wrote in her 38-page decision. Baltman said she deviated from a prison sentence of five to eight years — typical for major drug trafficking convictions — because of the “serious police misconduct involved.”
She sentenced Dinh to a two-year conditional sentence, with the first half to be served under house arrest.
Dinh admitted to brokering a cocaine deal on Sept. 9, 2009 when he met with Cst. Ian Dann, posing as a buyer, at a motel room in Mississauga. Dann, along with officers Jason Hobson, Jay Kirkpatrick and Steve Roy, were inside the room. Other officers set up surveillance outside. Dinh arrived in the parking lot, walked to the room and knocked on the door, where officers were waiting.
The fifth officer whose actions were called into question has not been named publicly.
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Mantis Oct 19, 2012 12:11 PM
Nail The Scumbag
My only regret here is not that the cops were not punished - but that the scumbag drug dealer got away with it.
Agree | Disagree 2 Report Abuse
systemsbroke Oct 19, 2012 11:52 AM
What's new
Peel police at its finest
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