Constable Packer back in court by Interim staff

P.C. David Packer’s appeal against his dismissal from the Metro Toronto police force for refusing to guard the Morgentaler clinic was heard by the Board of Police Commissioners on December 19 and 10, 1988. Defence lawyer Harry Black relied heavily on labour law concerning the relations between employers and employees, to try to show that his client did not act unreasonably. When Packer told Staff Sgt. Griffiths on April 8, 1987, that he could not do the detail assigned him, ... (Continue reading)