News 1. The Halifax police department has a crisis of legitimacy Is there an unusually large number of Halifax cops who are crooks? I suspect there is an institutional culture that looks the other way and avoids confronting official misconduct, and that institutional culture therefore actually encourages even more misconduct. But of course it’s a […]
Chris Mosher says the Halifax Examiner writing about his rehab is stressful
In an affidavit filed with the court earlier this month, former Halifax cop Chris Mosher says that he has suffered “negative treatment at my new job” due in part to a Halifax Examiner article about his current employment with the Halifax Regional Municipality. On October 6, the Examiner published an article detailing Mosher’s firing by […]
Former cop Chris Mosher is asking for a publication ban
Morning File, Thursday, December 20, 2018
News 1. Chris Mosher In October, I reported that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) had asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for a judicial review of the city’s agreement with former cop Chris Mosher. The background: After he was charged with sexual assault and then for repeatedly violating the conditions of his release, […]
Too many walls and not enough bridges
Morning File, Tuesday, October 9, 2018
News 1. Chris Mosher I reported over the weekend: After he was charged with sexual assault and then for repeatedly violating the conditions of his release, Halifax cop Chris Mosher was fired last year by the Halifax police department. But Mosher has successfully appealed his firing, and has received a cash payout from the city […]
Former Halifax cop Chris Mosher has received a cash payout and a new job from the city
After he was charged with sexual assault and then for repeatedly violating the conditions of his release, Halifax cop Chris Mosher was fired last year by the Halifax police department. But Mosher has successfully appealed his firing, and has received a cash payout from the city and a new job working with either the city’s […]