Some Canadian police and military officers are increasingly concerned about violating their oaths to protect the public as they enforce the COVID-19 health measures and restrictions, a Charter rights advocacy group says. Russ Cooper, president and CEO of Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedom (C3RF), said he finds it “quite disturbing” to see members of the Canadian police forced to violate their oaths of service—whether they were taken upon the Charter or sworn to the Queen—to protect the Canadian public. “We take an oath to uphold the Constitution and the Charter, which again, is for and on behalf of the people of Canada and not a government—not the Liberal government of Canada and not any other government that happens to form a majority rule,” said Cooper, who was also a decorated military officer now retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force. “That oath has been broken at this point …