In the past year, Sgt. Jessica McInnis and Const. “Effy” Firouzeh Zarabi-Majd have filed Ontario Human Rights complaints, alleging sexual harassment and assault and rampant sexism through the police culture.
These women have footed the tab for bringing these allegations forward and are no longer working on the service while their alleged perpetrators remain on the payroll.
McInnis alleges she was sexually harassed by Det. Mark Morris — who admitted at an in-division police hearing to sending her explicit images, including “Anaconda” penis photos. He was docked eight hours pay last January.
She received the same penalty for “receiving the inappropriate content” as her alleged abuser. McInnis “accepted responsibility for her actions” — which was receiving the images and not reporting them earlier.
Another officer, Det. Const. Chris Hoeller — who allegedly tried to coerce Zarabi-Majd into a threesome by threatening to spread false rumours that she engaged in group sex — works in the human trafficking section of the Sex Crimes Unit at TPS.
“It is astounding that not only the City of Toronto is not assisting these female employees, it is defending the alleged perpetrators,” said lawyer Barry Swadron, whose firm Swadron Associates, represents both McInnis and Zarabi at the human rights tribunal.
“This drives a truck through the #MeToo movement. The law should be changed so that these victims shouldn’t have to bear these costly proceedings to enforce their rights.”
…The TPS is better off without such snowflakes in its ranks.
One would think, that in today’s environment, these men would know better. They are too lacking in common sense to be cops.
If you were not taught respect at home growing up then it is highly unlikely that proper respect will be shown in the workplace. It’s as simple as that in my thing.
Women today (as with people of colour) are conditioned from an early age to being “professional victims”. Many women, no doubt, feel that they have been “sexually harassed” if a man simply compliments them on their outfit.