Embattled Chief Constable Frank Elsner of the Victoria Police Department is officially ending his relationship with the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board, effective immediately.
In a release from the Board, Lead Co-Chair Lisa Helps says the employment relationship between the two sides has been concluded by Elsner.
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B次元官网网址�The Police Board has concluded from this advice that Mr. Elsner has resigned from his position as Chief Constable of the Victoria Police Department. Effective immediately, Mr. Elsner will no longer receive payment of his salary, or other employment benefits as provided for under his employment contract.B次元官网网址�
This ends a after Elsner was suspended over an exchange of B次元官网网址渟alacious and sexually chargedB次元官网网址� messages with the wife of a subordinate officer.
An internal investigation by the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board was launched in August 2015 after the situation was brought to light. The female officer was a member of the Saanich Police Department, while her husband was under ElsnerB次元官网网址檚 command in Victoria.
Elsner apologized for his behaviour and the police board voted to keep him on as chief, while imposing disciplinary measures that were never disclosed.
At one point, an was launched by the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner and that matter was expected to move to discipline proceedings after a pair of retired judges determined misconduct did take place.
ElsnerB次元官网网址檚 resignation came as a surprise for deputy police complaint commissioner Rollie Woods, considering a discipline hearing had been scheduled for June.
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Once the proceedings have wrapped up, the commissioner is slated to release a detailed report about the investigation to the public. Any discipline that is handed down is put on the officerB次元官网网址檚 service record.
Meanwhile, the police board plans to meet in the near future to determine their next steps in selecting and appointing a new Chief Constable for the Victoria Police Department.
