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| Const. James Forcillo, who was recently convicted of attempted murder after he shot and killed 18-year-old Sammy Yatim on a TTC streetcar in 2013, was suspended with pay after the verdict. Forcillo does not appear on the Sunshine List in 2016, but did so in 2014 when he earned $104,702.68. |
Ontario is the only province in Canada where police officers must be suspended with pay after being charged with a crime or violation of the Police Services Act. The paid suspension lasts until they resign, are terminated or reintegrated into the force. In other provinces, a police chief or police services board has the power to suspend an officer without pay.
Police chiefs have the power to reassign officers facing charges to administrative duties — answering phones, filing paperwork. As a result, there are more and those still listed as being suspended with pay are earning their paycheque at home.
The six suspended officers on this year’s Sunshine List earned between $102, 626.27 to $128,698.51 in 2015. Based on these numbers, taxpayers would be paying $1,888.55 per day to cover their combined salaries, but all six of them were suspended this year. Without being able to work hours of overtime, the incomes of the six officers are likely to decrease in 2016.
Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association, said officers should continue to be paid their full salaries while suspended — even if that puts them on the Sunshine List. (more...)
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