Using a hidden camera installed in his condo’s bathroom, Ontario Provincial Police officer Jeffrey Steers secretly filmed a naked relative showering and undressing.
He made homemade pornography by superimposing an image of himself naked into the photos. Years later, he was arrested and pleaded guilty to criminal mischief.
At the time, his rank was inspector. He is still a high-ranking member of Ontario’s provincial police force.
In 2012, at the force’s internal disciplinary tribunal, reserved for officers who have committed “serious” misconduct, Steers pleaded guilty and was demoted to staff sergeant, a rank below inspector, and was told he could not compete for a promotion for two years.
His annual earnings dipped from $130,000 to $116,000 in 2013 and were back up again the following year, according to the province’s sunshine list.
“Inspector Steers’ betrayal of trust of a family member, who was a guest in his home, offended the law and violated community standards,” Robin Breen, a Toronto police superintendent presiding over the case, wrote in his July 2012 decision.
In the spring of 2010, Steers’ now ex-wife was cleaning out her basement when she uncovered a bag full of CDs and DVDs with a sticky note marked “to be destroyed.”
The videos spanned “a 10-year period, depicting (Steers) in perverse acts with numerous women, including voyeurism and obtaining secret pictures and videos by placing a hidden camera, including in the washrooms and bedrooms of their own home, and then ‘photo shopping’ himself into pictures,” Steers’ then-wife alleged in a statement to the court as part of divorce proceedings. She described the photos as comprising “sexually degrading situations.”
After receiving a tip about Steers’ secret films, the OPP opened an investigation. They interviewed the ex-wife, who described having found images of her naked relative, and that Steers had superimposed an image of himself standing beside the woman trying to touch her, according to the agreed statement of facts.
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Disciplined OPP member still a high-ranking cop | Toronto Star
He made homemade pornography by superimposing an image of himself naked into the photos. Years later, he was arrested and pleaded guilty to criminal mischief.
At the time, his rank was inspector. He is still a high-ranking member of Ontario’s provincial police force.
In 2012, at the force’s internal disciplinary tribunal, reserved for officers who have committed “serious” misconduct, Steers pleaded guilty and was demoted to staff sergeant, a rank below inspector, and was told he could not compete for a promotion for two years.
His annual earnings dipped from $130,000 to $116,000 in 2013 and were back up again the following year, according to the province’s sunshine list.
“Inspector Steers’ betrayal of trust of a family member, who was a guest in his home, offended the law and violated community standards,” Robin Breen, a Toronto police superintendent presiding over the case, wrote in his July 2012 decision.
In the spring of 2010, Steers’ now ex-wife was cleaning out her basement when she uncovered a bag full of CDs and DVDs with a sticky note marked “to be destroyed.”
The videos spanned “a 10-year period, depicting (Steers) in perverse acts with numerous women, including voyeurism and obtaining secret pictures and videos by placing a hidden camera, including in the washrooms and bedrooms of their own home, and then ‘photo shopping’ himself into pictures,” Steers’ then-wife alleged in a statement to the court as part of divorce proceedings. She described the photos as comprising “sexually degrading situations.”
After receiving a tip about Steers’ secret films, the OPP opened an investigation. They interviewed the ex-wife, who described having found images of her naked relative, and that Steers had superimposed an image of himself standing beside the woman trying to touch her, according to the agreed statement of facts.
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Disciplined OPP member still a high-ranking cop | Toronto Star
