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I was a police officer in the states for ten years, but don't know how to handle that in Canada.
In most states in the US he committed assault (often confused with battery but battery is when you make a bad touch). Some states that don't have assault laws have specific laws against harassment or intimidation.
If you were in the US I'd say:
1) Call his department, ask them to send out a supervisor and get a complaint on file. He is lying about cops sticking together like members of a street gang - that's only on TV. In reality there is no lonelier human being than a cop being investigated by Internal Affairs (except perhaps boneprone trying to build an Erasercash downline...). His friends won't speak to him at roll call. People won't look him in the eye as they pass him in the hall. He'll stop being invited to golf games. His co-workers will not harass you for fear of getting sucked in to the investigation with him.
2) Call the prosecutor about getting charges filed yourself. In the US most assault laws are misdemeanors and the victim has to appear as the state's witness. It's possible you could file the charges directly and not wait for I.A. to make a case.
3) In the US investigations of local departments are the responsibility of the FBI.
If you get no place with the locals see if there is a federal equivalent in Canada (RCMP?) and put the whole local department under the microscope.
This guy is an idiot. If he did it to you he's done it before. For all you know he has a folder full of these things and I.A. is just waiting for one more to hang his ass. He only has power as long as you don't tell anybody who can stop what he is doing. I hate stupid cops. Burn him.
[This message has been edited by BigDaddy (edited 08-24-2001).]
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