The Canadian PressOntario's police watchdog said Const. Calvin Au was off duty with another Toronto police officer when they interacted with Chadd Facey in Brampton in April 2021, hours before the teen was pronounced dead in hospital.Const. Calvin Au's legal counsel appeared on his behalf Thursday at a court in Brampton, Ont., where the next date in the case was set for April 13.
Ontario's police watchdog has said Au was off duty with another Toronto police officer when they interacted with Chadd Facey in Brampton in April 2021, hours before the teen was pronounced dead in hospital. Toronto police disciplinary documents allege Au and the other officer met with Facey to buy an Apple Watch the teen had advertised on Kijiji but realized it was fake after the transaction.
Those documents allege the officers caught up with Facey and demanded their money back before Au allegedly took the teen to the ground and tried to maintain physical control of him. Toronto police have said Au, who has been with the force for eight and a half years, has been suspended as a result of the charges.
Our greatest strength tried to rip-off the wrong guy on the wrong day. The officer should be given a key to the city.