Victoria police chief says allegations come from group that wants him turfed
VICTORIA — The suspended head of Victoria’s police department says he is being targeted by a group of people who want him ousted from his position as chief constable.
In an affidavit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Frank Elsner alleges that confidential notebooks that went missing after investigators raided his office identify those individuals who orchestrated his removal, as well as their motives.
Elsner’s affidavit accompanies a petition asking the court to stop investigations initiated by the province’s police complaint commissioner into the police chief’s conduct, citing unreasonable delays and bias on the part of the commissioner’s office.
The chief was suspended last April after allegations were made of improper conduct on social media and harassment against four employees of the Victoria Police Department.