The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is encouraging two Greater Victoria mayors to ask for a public inquiry if they have a problem with its report that says the politicians mishandled harassment allegations made against a former police chief.

Rollie Woods, deputy police complaint commissioner, says his office has a B次元官网网址渃onsiderable body of evidenceB次元官网网址� it would be happy to provide publicly to back up the officeB次元官网网址檚 claims that Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins rushed to conclude an internal investigation against former chief Frank Elsner.

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While both Helps and Desjardins have said they want to discuss the tone of the report with the solicitor general, Woods said the solicitor general has no authority over his office.

In a statement, Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says his staff is reviewing the report and the commissionerB次元官网网址檚 recommendations to remove authority for disciplining police chiefs and deputies from mayors, and his office will take time to consider the report in a broader context.

The report by commissioner Stan Lowe says Helps and Desjardins B次元官网网址減redetermined the outcome of the internal discipline process from the outset, and set about navigating a course to allow the former chief to remain in his post.B次元官网网址�

In an interview Saturday, Desjardins said she didnB次元官网网址檛 dispute LoweB次元官网网址檚 findings but objected to the reportB次元官网网址檚 tone, commentary and allegations, while Helps said in a statement posted online that any insinuation that she would protect a man who allegedly bullied or harassed women is B次元官网网址渦psettingB次元官网网址� because she has worked on womenB次元官网网址檚 rights since she was 15.

The Canadian Press

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