One police officer fired, another reprimanded for hockey-related incidents

A police officer in West Vancouver is now without a job after reportedly calling in sick to work in excess of 20 times in order to attend hockey games as a coach. This was one of two complaints made against police officers relating to hockey.

Per the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner's annual report, the officer in question had been spotted behind the bench during a game after he had called in sick on back-to-back days.

«There's a culture of entitlement in that department,» former chief of police in West Vancouver, Kash Heed said. «It's something that I had to deal with in 2007 where we had several members that were abusing the system I'm glad that finally somebody had the integrity to report this individual who was abusing the sick policy."

Disciplinary officials terminated the officer for what they call "deceit and discreditable conduct", acknowledging that the officer was not meeting his expectations from the public. As a public servant, who is paid via the tax dollars of hard-working citizens, it's certainly a fair point.

The second complaint against a police officer stems back to an incident late in 2019, after an off-duty police officer with the Delta Police Department had verbally abused a referee at a minor league game and refused to leave the ice surface.

According to reports, the off-duty officer also had some heated verbal exchanges with other parents and he also refused to leave the arena after being asked to do so by the official.

The Delta police officer was reprimanded, but allowed to keep his job. He also «authored unsolicited apology letters» and took responsibility for his actions, admitting fully that he had crossed the line with his inappropriate behavior.

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