Review finds former Victoria police chief committed 8 acts of misconduct
VICTORIA — A former Victoria police chief “caught in a web of untruths” was handed unprecedented disciplinary action Wednesday after a review found Frank Elsner committed eight acts of misconduct under British Columbia’s Police Act.
B.C. Police complaint commissioner Stan Lowe demoted Elsner to the rank of constable and dismissed him from policing after he reviewed investigations and discipline proceedings involving the former chief.
Lowe said in a statement that Elsner’s police record will also state that faced a 30-day suspension and was required to take training for harassment and sensitivity in connection with unwanted contact with a female officer.
“These findings and the accompanying discipline measures are unprecedented in Canadian policing,” said Lowe in an 11-page report.