A former Sûreté du Québec sergeant jeopardized his career by stealing $6,500 in cash and property from the showroom he was in charge of.
The police ethics committee finally fired Richard Parent in a recent decision.
The 59-year-old admitted to stealing over $5,000 worth of goods and money while in charge of the exhibition vault at the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) post in Lacolle, Montérégie.
The former lead investigator also acknowledged making SQ control and disposition reports disappear. On other occasions he has entered incorrect data or misleading information.
“The committee notes the degree of premeditation of Sergeant Parent’s actions, particularly the production of forged documents to cover his thefts,” Administrative Judge Benoît McMahon said in his ruling.
The facts took place between 2010 and 2016. He was then suspended before officially retiring a year later.
criminal charges
In 2019, he pled guilty to theft of over $5,000, obstruction of justice and forgery at the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu courthouse.
The ex-Sergeant Parent, who has been with the SQ for nearly 25 years, specifically stole a generator and two power saws with the intention of reselling them, regional media reported to Coup d’œil info.
He had committed these acts out of frustration at work when he felt little support from his superiors. In the forced purchase he then found an outlet, according to the gift report quoted by the local newspaper.
In January 2020, he received an eight-month commune sentence and two years of probation.
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