As punishment for donating $50 to the Freedom Convoy, a Windsor police officer will have to work unpaid hours after being previously convicted of discreditable conduct.
Const. Michael Brisco, who donated to the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa through GiveSendGo on Feb. 7, 2022, was on unpaid leave at the time because he didn’t meet Windsor Police Service’s (WPS) COVID-19 vaccination policy.
Brisco’s donation was made anonymously, but after GiveSendGo was hacked in February 2022, his name was found in a database of Freedom Convoy donors and made public.
At a penalty hearing on May 4, Windsor police lawyer David Amyot said that while Brisco’s donation was made from the “comfort of his home” when he was off duty, the action “carried significant, reprehensible repercussions” and brought the Windsor Police Service into “disrepute.”…