A transit police officer who was originally fired after beating an elderly mentally ill man and jolting him with a Taser has been reinstated by a judge, but demoted and suspended without pay for 14 days.
The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner ruled that Const. Ken Jansen filed a false report to justify using the Taser when the act occurred at Surrey Memorial Hospital April 2010.
However, the adjudicator cleared the constable of discreditable conduct and abuse of authority.
Criminal charges against Jansen, who was originally fired in June 2013, and an RCMP officer who was also involved, were dropped last year when a provincial court judge ruled their charter rights had been infringed by the lengthy delay in bringing the matter to trial.
– With files from Canadian Press
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