What is the standard of conduct of a municipal police officer?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ottawa (City) v. Letourneau, 2005 CanLII 1407 (ON SC):
Municipal officers should conduct themselves with the same honesty, discreteness and impartiality as is supposed to characterize the acts of those entrusted with judicial duties. Kovinic v. Niagara Falls (City), supra at para. 58.
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