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A veteran Peel Regional Police officer has been ordered demoted for more than a year and must seek remedial training after starting a personal relationship with a woman suffering from mental illness whom he ticketed during a traffic stop.Const. Sean Duggan, a 14-year veteran of the force, helped the woman by laying less severe charges and broke several rules when he later apprehended her under the Mental Health Act, a Police Services Act tribunal heard on Aug. 23.Duggan pleaded guilty, in front of hearing officer Insp. Colleen Fawcett, to discreditable conduct and neglect of duty and was demoted from first-class constable to second-class constable for 16 months and ordered to complete remedial training. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The disciplinary hearing stems from a traffic stop that Duggan conducted on March 20, 2014, in Mississauga involving the woman, who was a suspended driver when she was pulled over due to being convicted of a drunk driving offenc stanley mugs e.Duggan ticketed the woman with traffic related offences, including driving while unde stanley cup r suspension. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The tribunal found Duggan laid Highway Traffic Act charges where stanley vattenflaska a charge of driving while disqualified under the Criminal Code was more appropriate.The hearing heard that Duggan drove the woman to her home after the traffic stop since her car was impounded and later started a personal relationship with her. Tvar 43-year-old Milton man charged with five counts of sexual assault following alleged GO Train incidents
MEXICO, NY 鈥?For almost three decades, employees at the Oswego County Department of Social Services have been helping families in need during the holiday season.The annual Childrens Christmas Fund has grown from a toy giveaway initially aimed at foster children to include more than 1,600 children in 600 families last Christmas.At the heart of the DSS Childrens Fund are committee co-chairs, from left, Deanne Myers, Marcia Birdsell, and Carol Lee. Maria Downey is abs stanley cup ent from the photo. For almost 30 years, the DSS staff has organized a toy giveaway for needy families. More than 1,600 children received gifts last Christmas. I am extremely proud of our DSS staff and their commitment to this project, said Gregg Heffner, Commissioner of Social Se stanley drinking cup rvices. The Childrens Christmas Fund first began by providing gifts to foster children, but now has expanded to provide gifts to any child who may otherwise receive little or nothing fo stanley cup r Christmas. The project is supported entirely by community donations. No federal, state or county funds are used. Staff members Deanne Myers, Carol Lee, Maria Downey and Marcia Birdsell are at the heart of the project.For Myers, the Childrens Fund is a family commitment. There are many nights my daughters and I shop for the Childrens Fund. They help pick out items children might enjoy for Christmas, she said. I find giving my time very rewarding and my family is right there by my side. I like to think that what we do will make a difference for a child wh |
