Toronto police Supt. Stacy Clarke’s demotion for cheating didn’t account for ‘social context’ of anti-Black racism, appeal hears
A Toronto police superintendent has asked an Ontario police watchdog to overturn her two-year demotion for helping several junior officers cheat to get promoted, arguing she should automatically return to her history-making rank in one year.
Supt. Stacy Clarke, the first Black female superintendent in Toronto police history, appeared before a three-person panel with the Ontario Police Arbitration and Adjudication Commission (OPAAC) on Thursday to appeal a decision to knock down her rank to inspector for two years — a penalty described in her appeal document as “excessive, unduly harsh and disproportionate.”
It was racist to allow her to remain on the force.
