Montreal police officers falsified report after leaving man on Île Sainte-Hélène
Police ethics commission finds officers Luc Gauthier and Alain Poirier failed to fulfil duties
Two Montreal police officers will receive sanctions after an intoxicated young man was assaulted downtown and then abandoned on Île Sainte-Hélène.
The police ethics commission found the officers, Luc Gauthier and Alain Poirier, failed to fulfil their duties, illegally detained a citizen and wrote up a false report about the incident, which occurred late July 26, 2012.
According to evidence presented before the commission, Gauthier struck the young man several times after he shouted insults at police at the corner of Ste-Catherine Street and St-Laurent boulevard.
The two officers then drove the Montreal resident to Île Sainte-Hélène and left him there.
In their report, they indicated they left him at the corner of Berri and Viger streets.
Several 911 calls from motorists reporting the young man walking on Jacques Cartier Bridge corroborated the account.
The sanctions imposed will be determined at a June 30 ethics commission hearing.