A police services act hearing, related to a city councillor’s “carding” complaint against a Hamilton police officer, has been delayed until the fall.
Lawyers and the hearing officer have agreed to set aside the week of Sept. 11.
The week of Aug. 14 had previously been set aside for the hearing, but the delay follows a change of legal representation by Ward 3 Coun. Matthew Green.
His lawyer is now Jennifer Zdriluk, an employment and human rights lawyer at Hamilton firm Ross and McBride, rather than Toronto civil rights lawyer Selwyn Pieters.
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Const. Andrew Pfeiffer faces a Police Services Act charge of discreditable conduct stemming from an incident on April 26, 2016 when he questioned Green as the councillor waited for the bus at the corner of Stinson Street and Victoria Avenue South.
The city’s first black councillor has said he was treated like a suspect in his own neighbourhood and felt “targeted” because of his race.
Hamilton Police Association President Clint Twolan responded following a hearing in December, by describing the street check as “a well-intentioned stop to check on Councillor Green’s well-being.”
A date of July 20 is now set to hear motions related to the disclosure of evidence.
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