MORE LOCAL POLICE IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW

Yesterday's Kitchener-Waterloo Record has the following story on page B4: "Drug case adjourned for officer facing charges". Back on January 13/12 I posted a story here in the Advocate regarding an Officer Jennifer Falsetto and her Police Act charges dealing with her use of marijuana. Yesterday's article is about Constables Andrew Robson and Jeremy Borda who were charged criminally in regards to drugs. Constable Borda was initially charged with trafficking marijuana but it was reduced to possession. "He was given a conditional discharge, fined $100 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service." Constable Robson appears to be in the most trouble as he is charged with both possession and theft. The theft is alleged to be from drugs not being properly turned in after an investigation.

The number of Waterloo Region Police Officers who have been caught in either criminal or discreditable behaviour is very disconcerting. An optimist might point to the apparent openness and transparency as a good thing. Diane Wood the Record reporter who wrote this story has been covering court cases for many years and certainly is correct in believing that Waterloo Region residents both have a right and a need to know when their Police officers go astray.