A high-ranking Toronto police unit commander “blurred her role” between police officer and family member when she rushed to the scene of a collision caused by her nephew and “inserted” herself in the investigation, preventing colleagues from determining if alcohol was a factor, a police prosecutor told a misconduct tribunal Monday.
Insp. Joyce Schertzer drove to a May 1, 2022 crash involving her nephew, dispatched a cop from her station to the collision — outside her division’s jurisdiction — and circumvented police protocol “to the benefit of your family,” according to a police document outlining misconduct allegations under Ontario’s police legislation.