Insp. Ed Armstrong of Windsor, Ont., police has been demoted for one year after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct that included making inappropriate comments to female employees over the last 18 years.
Armstrong, who has been with the Windsor Police Service for 25 years, was charged under the Police Services Act, the service said in a news release Jan. 17.
It wasn’t until CBC News made a subsequent inquiry to the Professional Standards Branch that it become public Armstrong had been charged with seven counts of discreditable conduct.
During a hearing Monday morning, the hearing officer was told Armstrong made unwanted comments and sent unwanted text messages to female work colleagues.
The messages were sometimes sexual in nature.
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