When a former Vancouver Police constable testified at the criminal trial of a colleague who sexually assaulted her, she says she knew it could ruin her career.

The woman, who can91裸聊视频檛 be named due to a publication ban, found out months after the May 2021 trial that text messages detailing her testimony were circulating among fellow officers, casting doubt on her story and whether the case could be proven.

91裸聊视频淚 struggled to put into words to describe just how devastating those were,91裸聊视频� she said in an interview. 91裸聊视频淭hey were unbelievable.91裸聊视频�

She filed a complaint with the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner against the officer believed to have authored the texts, but it was found 91裸聊视频渦nsubstantiated.91裸聊视频�

Now, another officer who distributed the texts to Vancouver police has been found to have committed 91裸聊视频渄iscreditable conduct91裸聊视频� by sharing the 91裸聊视频渄isrespectful91裸聊视频� commentary on her court testimony.

The decision against Narinder Dosanjh, authored by now-retired New Westminster police chief Dave Jansen, was obtained by The Canadian Press and includes the running commentary on the woman91裸聊视频檚 testimony 91裸聊视频� apparently written by someone inside the courtroom.

It called her a 91裸聊视频渂ad drunk91裸聊视频� and said there was 91裸聊视频渘o way91裸聊视频� her case would be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

Jansen said his decision accounted for his experience with a police culture of treating officers who testify against each other as 91裸聊视频渞ats.91裸聊视频�

Former Vancouver constable Jagraj Roger Berar was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to a year in jail for sexually assaulting the officer, who said the police department never treated her as 91裸聊视频渁 victim of crime.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 have never been treated as a victim of harassment, sexual harassment, or bullying in that workplace,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 have never been treated as anything except a problem that might tarnish their reputation.91裸聊视频�

Jansen91裸聊视频檚 decision, dated Oct. 11, said that the commentary in a Vancouver police group chat appeared 91裸聊视频渟upportive91裸聊视频� of Berar and reflected 91裸聊视频渁ll-too-common myths91裸聊视频� about women who make sexual assault allegations.

While Jansen found Dosanjh committed discreditable conduct by sharing the chats, the complaint against a more-senior Vancouver officer who was inside the courtroom, and who the victim and other officers believed wrote the commentary, were not substantiated.

Jansen91裸聊视频檚 decision said he would accept submissions before deciding how Dosanjh should be reprimanded.

The woman who was assaulted was the complainant in the disciplinary investigation, and said in an interview she felt 91裸聊视频渧indicated91裸聊视频� by Jansen91裸聊视频檚 decision because it 91裸聊视频渢ruly paints what I91裸聊视频檝e been through,91裸聊视频� after reporting a fellow officer for sexual assault.

91裸聊视频淭hey think I91裸聊视频檓 a bad drunk. They thought of me exactly what people thought of women coming forward in the 70s and the 80s and 90s and all of that. It91裸聊视频檚 all victim shaming, all of it, and I thought, 91裸聊视频榟ow dare you? You know me.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

She said many other women in municipal policing fear speaking out about ill-treatment at work, and some have told her about being assaulted and harassed but feared ruining their careers if they complained.

91裸聊视频淭his decision is important for those women to see,91裸聊视频� said the woman, who is still in policing but with another agency. 91裸聊视频淚t shows the tides are changing. Like, this is the first win I91裸聊视频檝e had.91裸聊视频�

A spokesman for the Surrey Police Service, where Dosanjh now works, did not immediately answer a question about how he was penalized, and said Dosanjh declined an interview request with The Canadian Press.

In his decision, Jansen said there was an 91裸聊视频渦nfortunate but often pervasive91裸聊视频� culture of treating officers who complain as 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频榬ats91裸聊视频�, who betrayed their colleagues.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚n terms of the messages themselves, Sergeant Dosanjh alleges that they are not degrading, humiliating or derogatory and do not attack the personal character of the complainant. I disagree,91裸聊视频� Jansen wrote.

The decision includes a screenshot of the commentary about the complainant, who said the order of the messages appeared to refer to her evidence while she was being cross-examined and suggested the comments were written by someone listening to her testimony.

The commentary in the chat group on the Signal messaging app said the victim 91裸聊视频渨ore a wire twice,91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渁dmitted in cross to possibly drinking way more alcohol than she originally claimed.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淗er memory is super hazy and there91裸聊视频檚 no way you can prove beyond reasonable doubt,91裸聊视频� the person wrote.

91裸聊视频淎nd she admitted that she is a really bad drunk,91裸聊视频� they added.

Another message said it was a 91裸聊视频渘ail in the coffin91裸聊视频� of the case that video showed the complainant 91裸聊视频渃uddling, holding hands91裸聊视频� with Berar.

The woman, who became aware of the commentary when a friend in the department showed them to her, was distressed by the messages and disputed their accuracy, said Jansen.

91裸聊视频淭he comments also appear to reflect some of the all-too-common myths around women making allegations of sexual assault. Some of these myths include the belief that because a victim socialized with the perpetrator, or engaged in some consensual activity with him, therefore she must have consented to the assault,91裸聊视频� he wrote.

Jansen91裸聊视频檚 decision said Dosanjh shared the messages with a fellow officer after getting them from a 91裸聊视频淰PD chat group that he claims he knew little about, from a co-worker he claims not to be able to identify.91裸聊视频�

The decision said other officers believed the commentary was written by a more-senior officer in the department who had been present at the trial, but Jansen said the discreditable conduct complaint against that person was unsubstantiated.

The decision said Dosanjh claimed he was the 91裸聊视频渇all guy91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渁 pawn in a broader game.91裸聊视频�

Jansen91裸聊视频檚 decision said Dosanjh was a senior officer and supervisor who was aware of the 91裸聊视频渧ulnerability of victims of sexual crimes and of the myths that surround sexual assault victims.91裸聊视频�

It said Dosanjh91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渄istribution of these messages that were disrespectful of an alleged victim of sexual violence who was also a co-worker, should they become public, would likely discredit the reputation of the police force.91裸聊视频�

The Vancouver Police Department did not provide comment on Jansen91裸聊视频檚 decision.