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In the complaint, the woman alleges that after saying he would drive her home at the end of a night out with other officers, the man allegedly instead took her to his house to show her what she “could buy with a first-class constable’s salary.”
When they got to his house, the man began making physical advances, according to the complaint.
“He then told me he was suddenly too drunk to drive.”
The man attempted to kiss her, she refused, according to the complaint. He then allegedly berated her before eventually forcing oral sex on her.
“I froze and felt utterly disgusted,” she wrote.
The next thing she knew, he penetrated her and she cried out for him to put a condom on, according to the complaint.
Champ said that the service first learned of the woman’s allegations in 2018.
“Now, here we are in the summer of 2020 and OPS investigators have submitted a report that substantiates my client’s allegations of a sexual assault, and we are still waiting.”
Champ said the case raises questions about the police service’s commitment to dealing with sexual harassment and assault within the ranks.
“If the OPS can’t protect their own female officers from predators in the service, how can they protect the public?” he asked.
Reeling from the turmoil caused by the suspension of a deputy chief over disciplinary charges for allegedly sexually harassingthree OPS employees, the service this year announced a new ethics and values directorate and a joint task force with the police board to address sexual harassment and violence in the workplace.
Champ said Sloly’s “inaction on this file undermines his public commitment to securing a safe and respectful workplace for women.
“Maybe there is an explanation for the delay, but I really think no one is thinking about the impact this is having on my client,” he said.
In its statement, the service also said “the Ottawa Police Service takes this and all such matters very seriously. That is why we are undertaking a major strategy to address workplace sexual violence and sexual harassment in partnership with the OPS Board and community experts.”
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