Overview
- Closing submissions continued Wednesday, with the RCMP conduct authority arguing the three constables committed discrimination, harassment and discreditable conduct.
- Defence counsel acknowledged some messages breached the code but argued the investigation was biased and said private Signal chats on personal phones fall outside disciplinary reach absent demonstrated workplace impact.
- Evidence cited includes messages sent on duty via police mobile data terminals and explicit remarks in a group chat about members of the public and colleagues.
- The officers are identified as Constables Ian Solven, Mersad Mesbah and Philip Dick, who face possible dismissal and have been on paid leave since 2021.
- Defence lawyers said the ruling could set a precedent for how police forces treat off‑duty digital communications, noting the RCMP lacks a specific policy on group chats.