Critics fear individual police deliberately removed their required name tags to skirt accountability
Some police had no visible identification during G20 weekend.
CARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STAR
Toronto Police are investigating whether numerous officers on G20 duty failed to wear proper identification.
At issue is whether officers violated a force requirement to wear epaulettes with their badge numbers and name tags on their uniforms, regardless of whether they’re wearing riot equipment or standard police outfits.
“It’s a professional standards issue and/or potentially an issue of misconduct. It’s rightly being looked at by (the) Professional Standards (unit),” police spokeswoman Meaghan Gray said.
Police flagged the issue for internal review after the Star showed police four photographs in which officers appear not to be wearing name tags. Officers have been required to wear name tags since the police services board demanded them in 2005 in a bid to make policing more transparent and accountable.
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