A Peel Regional Police officer who was found guilty on a combined 42 fraud-related charges after allegedly filing false accident reports for staged collisions has been sentenced to five years in jail.
Carlton Watson received his sentence in a Brampton courtroom on Monday morning, seven months after being convicted on 42 of the 45 counts he was facing.
In a press release, Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans noted that Watson has been suspended without pay and promised to seek his outright dismissal.
“I want to assure the community that I take allegations of misconduct very seriously and hold officers accountable for their actions. As a result of this conviction and custodial sentence, I will be seeking his dismissal from this police service,” Evans said.
Watson, who was previously suspended with pay, was first arrested in 2011 after a five-month investigation between the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Insurance Bureau Canada.
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