Victoria police chief suspended amid allegations involving Twitter messages
Victoria’s police chief has been suspended amid allegations stemming from reports that he sent inappropriate Twitter messages to the wife of one of his officers.
A new investigation into Chief Frank Elsner’s conduct was announced by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner Friday involving new information that includes allegations of false statements and the deletion of data.
A spokeswoman for the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board said in an email that the adjudicator of the new investigation has ordered the chief be suspended immediately.
“The board is arranging to convene next week to discuss the implications of the order for suspension,” she said.