Deputy police chief in Durham Region suspended over ‘racially inappropriate term’

Deputy police chief in Durham Region suspended over ‘racially inappropriate term’

A high-ranking police officer east of Toronto has been suspended after allegedly using a racially inappropriate term.
Durham regional police say an unnamed deputy chief used offensive language during a meeting of the service's Afro-Caribbean Canadian Internal Support Network.
Chief Peter Moreira

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