Constable Perry Dunlop

Appeals to Cornwall Police Association 

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ADDRESS TO THE CORNWALL POLICE ASSOCIATION. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1997.

FELLOW MEMBERS,

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT MY TALK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WILL BE BRIEF AND TO THE POINT. I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. ASSISTANCE WHICH I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I DESERVE.

I HOPE THAT I WILL NOT HAVE TO LEAVE HERE TONIGHT WITHOUT A DEFINITE ANSWER FROM THE MAJORITY. I WILL ACCEPT YOUR DECISION AS FINAL AND I HOPE THAT IT IS ONE THAT ALL OF YOU AS UNION MEMBERS, CHRISTIANS, AND CO-WORKERS CAN LIVE WITH. MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE, I WILL PRESENT THE FACTS TO YOU THAT ARE RELEVANT AND TRUE BEYOND ANY QUESTION.

FACTS;

1.    WHILE ON DUTY AS A POLICE OFFICER IN SEPT.1993, I FOUND OUT ABOUT A CASE OF OBSTRUCT JUSTICE FROM FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS. THE CASE HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR MORE THAN NINE MONTHS.

2.    UNDER THE ONTARIO CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ACT, I HAD A DUTY TO REPORT SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE. I TURNED A COPY OF THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT OVER TO THE HEAD OF THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.

3.    IN OCTOBER 1993, I WAS INFORMED BY A, STAFF SGT. THAT I WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR RELEASING THE STATEMENT TO THE C.A.S.

4.    BY JANUARY 1994, MUCH TIME AND EFFORT WAS SPENT ON

INVESTIGATING MY RIGHTFUL INVOLVEMENT IN THIS MATTER.

5.    IN MID-JANUARY 1994, THE STRESS AND PRESSURE BECAME UNBEARABLE AS I REALIZED I WAS BEING SINGLED OUT AS THE FALL GUY FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE GONE TERRIBLY WRONG.

6.    UNDER MEDICAL ORDERS, I WENT OFF DUTY ON SICK LEAVE AND HAD TO USE 4 MONTHS OF MY ACCUMULATED SICK TIME BEFORE BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR LTD.

7.    DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL, MY LTD BENEFITS WERE DENIED FOR ANOTHER 4 MONTHS

8.    THANKS TO LEGAL INTERVENTION, MY LTD COMMENCED BUT NOT BEFORE I HAD DEPLETED ALL MY LIEU, JOURNAL, VACATION AND OVERTIME.

9.    IN THE SPRING OF 1994 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY'S INSURANCE COMPANY LAWYERS STATING I WOULD HAVE TO SECURE MY OWN LEGAL COUNSEL AS THEY BELIEVED THAT I HAD BREACHED FORCE POLICY AND THEREFORE ACTED MALICIOUSLY IN THIS MATTER. AFTER SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY RESCINDED THEIR LETTER.

10.IN MAY 1994, I WAS SERVED WITH THREE CHARGES UNDER THE POLICE SERVICES ACT.

11.FOUR LONG MONTHS LATER, ALL POLICE ACT CHARGES AGAINST ME WERE HEARD AT A BOARD OF INQUIRY IN OTTAWA. TWO MONTHS LATER THE BOARD OF INQUIRY DISMISSED ALL CHARGES. THE BOARD WAS DECISIVE AND UNANIMOUS IN THEIR CONCLUSIONS.

12.THE DECISION WAS APPEALED TO THE ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL.

13.THREE MONTHS LATER IN DECEMBER 1994, THE APPEAL WAS DISMISSED BY THE DIVISIONAL COURT OF ONTARIO.

14.IN DECEMBER 1995, MY LTD WAS AGAIN CUT OFF FOR NON-MEDICAL REASONS. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CUT OFF BEFORE HAND.

15.IN FEBRUARY 1996, POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER, MR. GERALD LAPKIN DECIDED NO FURTHER ACTION WAS WARRANTED ON A PUBLIC COMPLAINT MADE BY DOUG SEQUIN IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE. THE INTAKE OF THIS COMPLAINT WAS TAKEN BY A STAFF SGT. IN NOVEMBER 1994.

16.IN JUNE 1996, I COMMENCED A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE CORNWALL POLICE SERVICE FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION,NEGLIGENCE, ABUSE OF PROCESS AND DEFAMATION.

17.IN JULY 1996 AFTER FURTHER LEGAL INTERVENTION, MY LTD WAS RE-INSTATED. IT HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR SIX MONTHS AND AGAIN MY TIME WAS DEPLETED.

18.IN JULY 1996 A CORNWALL WOMAN PLEAD GUILTY TO UTTERING DEATH THREATS AGAINST MY SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THE CONVICTED WOMAN ADMITTED HEARING ABOUT OUR FAMILY BECAUSE OF THIS CASE.

19.IN THE SUMMER OF 1996, INFORMATION CAME TO ME INDICATING THAT MANY CRIMINAL ACTS HAD BEEN COMMITTED REGARDING THIS CASE.

20.IN SEPTEMBER 1996, EX-CROWN ATTORNEY MALCOLM MACDONALD PLEAD GUILTY IN A CLOSED OTTAWA COURT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE IN REGARDS TO ARRANGING THE MONETARY PAYOFF BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE INITIAL VICTIM. HE WAS GIVEN AN ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE.

21.IN DECEMBER 1996, I FORWARDED ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION TO AN OUTSIDE POLICE AGENCY. INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE WAS AN AFFADAVIT INDICATING A PLAN TO HAVE MYSELF, MY WIFE AND MY THREE CHILDREN KILLED.

22.IN APRIL 1997, I FORWARDED A COMPLETE PACKAGE OF INFORMATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND TO THE ONTARIO CIVILIAN COMMISSION ON POLICING SERVICES.

23.IN MAY 1997, I RETURNED TO WORK.

24.IN SEPTEMBER 1997, THE OPP HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ANNOUNCED THE COMMENCEMENT OF 'PROJECT TRUTH' IN CORNWALL. THEY STATED AT THAT TIME THAT THEY WOULD BE INVESTIGATING AT LEAST 18 HIGH PROFILE SUSPECTED PEDOPHILES AND FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 350 VICTIMS/WITNESSES TO INTERVIEW.

25.AS OF NOVEMBER 1997, MY EXPENSES IN DEALING WITH THIS CASE ARE IN EXCESS OF 100,000 DOLLARS. I AM FINANCIALLY BROKE AND CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO FIGHT TO SEE JUSTICE DONE WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

IN CONCLUSION, LET ME STATE TO ALL OF YOU, THAT MY ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE IN THIS CASE HAS NEVER WAVERED. I AM A VERY COM­MITTED POLICEMAN AND I HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY.

TO DATE, THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT IN VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THIS CASE DOWN, SHUT ME UP AND TO COVER-UP THE INEVITABLE TRUTH ABOUT THIS CASE.

ALSO, THOUSANDS OF YOUR UNION DOLLARS HAVE GONE TO SUCCESS-FULLY DEFEND ME AGAINST BOGUS CHARGES.

AT ALL TIMES, I ACTED PROPERLY AND UPHELD THE ONTARIO STATUTE LAWS WHICH GOVERN OUR BEHAVIOUR AS POLICE OFFICERS. MANY THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS AGREE WITH ME.

IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO COMPREHEND HOW OR WHY

I WAS SINGLED OUT, HOUNDED, ALIENATED AND CHARGED FOR DOING MY JOB, BUT, I WOULD DO THE SAME THING AGAIN TO SAVE CHILDREN FROM THE HORRORS OF CHILD ABUSE.

IT IS POINTLESS TO TRY AND EXPLAIN TO YOU THE BITTER FRUST­RATION, THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRESS, AND THE AGONIZING YEARS OF OF MY LIFE THAT HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED BECAUSE OF THIS CASE. TO MY COMMRADES WHO HAVE THEMSELVES, BEEN TO THE WALL, NO EXPLANATION IS NEEDED. TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FORTUNATELY NEVER HAD TO STEP ACROSS THAT LINE, NO EXPLANATION IS POSSIBLE.

I ONLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER, MOST SINCERELY, THE ISSUE BEFORE YOU HERE TONIGHT AS ONE OF DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT OR DOING WHAT WAS WRONG. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL RESPECT ME ENOUGH AS A POLICE OFFICER AND FELLOW UNION MEMBER TO RENDER ME AN ANSWER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CST.P.D.DUNLOP