An Ottawa police detective has been found guilty of discreditable conduct following a lengthy police disciplinary hearing into allegations she invaded the privacy of families by inappropriately accessing files of dead children and asking one parent about a vaccination status.
Const. Helen Grus, a detective with the Ottawa Police Service's sexual assault and child abuse unit, was accused of self-initiating "an unauthorized project" by accessing case files to which she wasn't assigned.
She also faced accusations that, in late January 2022, she interfered in an investigation by calling and speaking with the father of a deceased infant — inquiring about the COVID-19 vaccination status of the mother. ---More...