Edmonton police sergeant demoted to constable over sexual comments to gay officers

An Edmonton police sergeant has been demoted to constable and had his salary slashed after a disciplinary hearing found he made degrading sexual comments to three gay junior officers.Ken Smith’s remarks were further aggravated after he showed no genuine remorse for how they might have affected the male officers and the broader LGBTQ+ community, Fred Kamins, a retired RCMP chief superintendent who presided over the hearing, said in a decision.“He called the comments ‘jovial’ and his attempt at ‘humour’ not out of line with what he had seen, and permitted, to occur,”' said Kamins.