Second Durham police officer faces charges for leaving scene of accident

Another hero Detective Pat Davidson, 48 of Clarington got a little too smashed and decided it would be a good idea to risk the public`s life by driving drunk through Courtice. He hit a a parked car and crashed into a house and took off. Another slap on the wrist for another scumbag Durham Police Officer his charge from leaving the scene of an accident was reduced to unsafe turn or lane change and fined $110 what a joke.

Another off-duty Durham Region police officer faces charges for allegedly leaving the scene of a traffic accident.

A vehicle was travelling in the community of Courtice early March 16 when it struck a parked car, veered off the road and smashed into the front porch of a house, Durham police said in a statement.

“The homeowners were awakened by the noise and discovered the damage and the vehicle, but the driver fled the scene,” police added.

Officers searched the area but could not locate the driver and the investigation continued, police said.

More than 14 hours later, an off-duty officer contacted police, according to the statement.

Det. Pat Davidson, 48, of Clarington has been charged under the Criminal Code with failing to remain at an accident scene and careless driving and failing to report the incident under the provincial Highway Traffic Act.

The veteran officer who works in the force’s criminal investigations bureau will remain at work in unspecified modified duties.

The charges follow an accident in December where an off-duty Durham officer drove his car into a ditch in Whitby after a hockey game and bar visit.

Police charged Const. Richard Robinson with failing to remain at the scene of an accident and careless driving under the traffic act.

Last month, the Crown withdrew the charge of failing to remain at the scene against Robinson and amended the count on careless driving to an unsafe turn or lane change. Robinson was fined $110.Last month, the Crown withdrew the charge of failing to remain at the scene against Robinson and amended the count on careless driving to an unsafe turn or lane change. Robinson was fined $110.

The force also charged Robinson, 40, with discreditable conduct under the Police Act and he received a four-month reduction in his rank, from first- to second-class constable, for leaving the accident scene. It effectively meant a loss in gross pay of about $2,700.

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Durham police troubles

Several Durham Regional Police officers have run into trouble during the last two years:

- Police charged veteran officer Const. Scott Andrew Terry with sexual assault and possession of child pornography in early 2012. He is scheduled to appear in court again next week in pretrial proceedings.

- Const. Jamie Broadstock received probation for 18 months and a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to drug possession. Police charged him in 2011 for possession and drug trafficking. The Crown dropped the trafficking charge.

- Police charged Const. Tara Cramp with drug trafficking, breach of trust and fraud in a major street-level bust in June 2012 involving about 30 individuals.

- Const. Thomasz Stefanski received a fine of more than $850 late last year for driving 155 km/h or almost double the speed limit in Clarington while off duty the previous May. The force also “informally” disciplined two other officers who initially stopped him and let him go. The force charged Stefanski later.

- A court gave Const. Lee Douglas an absolute discharge in December after he pleaded guilty to stealing a dead man’s shotgun. However, in a separate proceeding under the Police Services Act, he received a demotion in rank for 18 months that will cost him more than $15,000 in lost salary.

- The force charged off-duty Const. Matthew McLaughlin with two counts of impaired driving last October after he attended a police memorial golf tournament in Ajax and collided with another vehicle at an intersection nearby. He was seriously injured.

- The Durham Regional Police Association accused Chief Mike Ewles in January 2011 of balking at a security guard’s request to check his wife’s purse before a hockey game. The association also alleged Ewles interfered in a case involving a speeding ticket of a friend earlier. But no agency regulating police has found any wrongdoing by Ewles.