US EditionFormer Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process
The arbitrator found violations of the Human Rights Code and workplace policy after the officer faced discrimination and harassment following a 2019 sexual assault.
- On Oct. 2, 2025, a labour arbitrator ordered $30,000 for a former Vancouver police officer over a years‑long grievance about Police Act investigations, reported by The Canadian Press.
- Filed in May 2021, the Vancouver Police Union's grievance arose after a 2019 assault on a female member who faced 'widespread' gossip; the attacker was convicted and jailed in 2022.
- Arbitrator Corinn Bell concluded there were Human Rights Code and respectful workplace policy violations, finding the officer’s personnel file notation discriminatory and procedural rights denied during Police Act probes.
- The former Vancouver police officer said the decision felt meaningful, though money alone 'is not going to undo' the harm and hopes it urges systemic reform by the provincial government of British Columbia.
- The ruling underscores structural limits in the Police Act for handling sexual‑assault allegations as the Vancouver Police Union argued investigations gave the officer 'very few rights' while the Vancouver Police Board forwarded complaints to the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner.
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Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process (Metro Vancouver)
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination complaints. The decision handed down Sept. 26 says the original grievance was filed by the Vancouver Pol...
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Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process – Energeticcity.ca
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination complaints. The decision handed down Sept. 26 says the original grievance was filed by the Vancouver Police Union in May 2021 on behalf of a female member who had been sexually assaulted by a fellow officer in 2019. The woman, who isn’t named in the dec…
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