'I don't run from fights,' says whistle-blower former cop

Canada.com

Rob Shaw , Canwest News Service; Victoria Times Colonist

Published: Wednesday, January 30, 2008

VICTORIA - Former Ontario police officer Perry Dunlop, who is the subject of an arrest warrant for refusing to testify at a sex abuse inquiry, says he won't run from police and will await arrest at his Vancouver Island home.

"I don't run from fights," he told Canwest News Service in an interview Tuesday. "I never have . . . I guess I wait until they come and get me."

An Ontario court issued a warrant for Dunlop's arrest earlier this week after he disobeyed a court order to appear before a public inquiry into sexual abuse allegations he first helped investigate in the 1990s. Dunlop said he has lost faith in the legal system and won't participate in the inquiry.

The 43-year-old former cop said he believes police officers from Ontario will arrive at his Duncan, B.C., home in early February to arrest him. "The potential penalty I'm hearing is anywhere from 15 days (in jail) to 15 months," he said.

Vancouver Island RCMP spokesman Cpl. Greg Cox said officers will be legally bound to assist in arresting Dunlop. "If there is a court order mandating an arrest of a person then we carry out that court's orders," said Cox.

Dunlop's testimony is seen as a key part of the public inquiry, because it was his investigation as a decorated Cornwall, Ont., police officer in 1993 that first brought to light the allegations of child abuse among high-ranking community members.

Facing resistance from his bosses in conducting the investigation, Dunlop provided details of the case to the Children's Aid Society and the media. For doing so, he faced several charges under the Police Act. Fellow officers treated him like a pariah, and he suffered an emotional breakdown.

He, his wife, and their three teenage daughters moved to B.C. in 2000.

Years later, an Ontario Provincial Police investigation charged 15 people - among them a priest, lawyer, Crown attorney, probation officer and former justice of the peace - with sexual crimes against youngsters.

But only one person was jailed. Others died or had charges stayed, and defence lawyers painted Dunlop as "arrogant, cocky, manipulative, reckless, (and) fanatical" in his investigative work.

Dunlop said he's worried about what his arrest will mean to his wife, Helen, and his daughters, who rely on him as the family breadwinner.

"I think it is a sad day in Canada when a policeman stands up, does his job and gets raked over the coals," said Dunlop. "In the end, the pedophiles don't go to jail. The police officer, the whistleblower, goes to jail.

"It should scare Canadians to think this is the way the system is."

Victoria Times Colonist

rfshaw@tc.canwest.com

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Warrant out for no-show ex-cop

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30 January 2008

Toronto Sun - 5 hr, 54 mins ago CORNWALL - An Ontario court has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Cornwall cop Perry Dunlop. Dunlop, who was found guilty on contempt of court charges after (link to Toronto Sun article)

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1. Warrant out for no-show ex-cop

Yesterday | Toronto Sun

An Ontario court has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Cornwall cop Perry Dunlop.

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2. Guzzo wants to put former premier on stand

Wednesday Jan 16 | Ottawa Sun

... one man who had no connection to the alleged sex ring. Guzzo took the stand Tuesday in lieu of ex-city police officer Perry Dunlop, who had been scheduled to testify at the inquiry. The lawyer for the Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese tried ...

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Oct 20, 2007 | Gay news blog

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Oct 19, 2007 | Xtra.ca

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Sep 19, 2007 | Globe and Mail

A judge once said that former police constable Perry Dunlop set himself up as "judge, jury and executioner" of an alleged pedophile ring in Cornwall, Ont.

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Court issues warrant for Perry Dunlop after he fails to appear at sentencing

Medicine Hat News (Alberta)

By: The Canadian Press

at 17:33 on January 28, 2008, EST.

TORONTO - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former police officer who brought to light controversial allegations of rampant child sexual abuse in Cornwall, Ont.

Perry Dunlop, who now lives in British Columbia, did not appear in court Monday in Toronto to answer a charge of contempt. That charge follows Dunlop's steadfast refusal to testify at a public inquiry probing how police and municipal officials responded to allegations of a pedophile ring operating in the city.

A four-year police probe of the alleged pedophile ring eventually concluded the allegations were baseless.

Dunlop was supposed to be sentenced Monday on the contempt charge, but instead the judge issued a bench warrant.

Lead commission counsel Peter Engelmann says the commission has recommended it not be executed until shortly before Dunlop will be back in court next month.

Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Cornwall Police Officer

The Potsdam News (New York state, USA)

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

"An Ontario court has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Cornwall cop Perry Dunlop.

Dunlop, who was found guilty on contempt of court charges after refusing to testify in September and October at the Cornwall Public Inquiry, was a no-show Monday morning at his Ontario Divisional Court hearing in Toronto, said lead commission counsel Peter Engelmann". (Click here for the story from the Cornwall Standard Freeholder)

Ex-officer says he won't resist

Peterborough Examiner

29 January 2008

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former police officer who brought to light controversial allegations of rampant child sexual abuse in Cornwall.

Perry Dunlop, who now lives in Duncan, B.C., did not appear in court yesterday in Toronto to answer a charge of contempt.

"I'm disappointed, I've done nothing wrong," Dunlop told the Canadian Press last night.

"To me it speaks volumes when a police officer who stood up and did his job is going to go to jail in this country," Dunlop said.

Dunlop said he won't resist and expects to be arrested Feb. 7 or 8. The contempt charge followed Dunlop's steadfast refusal to testify at a public inquiry probing how police and municipal officials responded to allegations of a pedophile ring operating in the city.

Arrest warrant issued for officer in sex abuse case

Therecord.com (Waterloo, Ontario)

January 29, 2008

The Canadian Press

TORONTO

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former police officer who brought to light controversial allegations of rampant child sexual abuse in Cornwall, Ont.

Perry Dunlop, who now lives in British Columbia, did not appear in court yesterday in Toronto to answer a charge of contempt.

That charge follows Dunlop's steadfast refusal to testify at a public inquiry probing how police and municipal officials responded to allegations of a pedophile ring operating in the city.

A four-year police probe of the alleged pedophile ring eventually concluded the allegations were baseless.

Dunlop was supposed to be sentenced yesterday on the contempt charge, but instead the judge issued a bench warrant.

Lead commission counsel Peter Engelmann says the commission has recommended it not be executed until shortly before Dunlop will be back in court next month.

Dunlop says he won't resist arrest warrant for failing to appear in court

at 21:31 on January 28, 2008, EST.

940 Montreal

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former police officer who brought to light controversial allegations of rampant child sexual abuse in Cornwall, Ont.

Perry Dunlop, who now lives in Duncan, B.C., did not appear in court Monday in Toronto to answer a charge of contempt.

"I'm disappointed, I've done nothing wrong," Dunlop told the Canadian Press on Monday night.

"To me it speaks volumes when a police officer who stood up and did his job is going to go to jail in this country," Dunlop said.

Dunlop said he won't resist and expects to be arrested Feb. 7 or 8.

The contempt charge followed Dunlop's steadfast refusal to testify at a public inquiry probing how police and municipal officials responded to allegations of a pedophile ring operating in the city.

A four-year police probe of the alleged pedophile ring eventually concluded the allegations were baseless.

Dunlop was supposed to be sentenced Monday on the contempt charge, but instead the judge issued a bench warrant.

Lead commission counsel Peter Engelmann says the commission has recommended it not be executed until shortly before Dunlop will be back in court next month.

Court issues warrant for Perry Dunlop after he fails to appear at sentencing

Winnipeg Free Press

Mon Jan 28 20:35:05 CST 2008