After more than five years, a long-delayed disciplinary hearing, a finding of misconduct, an appeal and now a decision from the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, Toronto police Const. Vincent Wong has been found guilty of wrongfully arresting Jay Wall during the G20 summit.

His penalty remains a one-day suspension without pay.

Wong, a 13-year veteran of the Toronto force, was first sentenced in March 2014 by former judge Walter Gonet, who found Wong guilty of misconduct for arresting Wall during the June 2010 G20 Summit.

Wall was detained for more than 24 hours, then released with no charge after he was arrested en route to a church event. He had been wearing a bandana at the time of his arrest; Wong says he apprehended Wall on orders from upper command that anyone wearing a bandana, a gas mask or goggles was “arrestable.”

Calling Wall’s arrest the result of “egregious conduct,” the hearing officer, Gonet, ruled Wong did not have reasonable or probable grounds to make the arrest and sentenced him to the one-day suspension without pay.

Saying the penalty is inadequate and does not reflect the seriousness of the misconduct, Wall appealed the sentence.

Wong appealed, too, calling the sentence “harsh and excessive.” His lawyers had argued that a reasonable punishment for Wong — who has an otherwise unblemished record — would be a reprimand. Wong also appealed the misconduct ruling.

But the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, the body that hears appeals of disciplinary tribunals under the province’s Police Services Act, upheld the sentence and the guilty finding.

The commission found errors in Gonet’s ruling, but nonetheless concluded the arrest was unlawful and the sentence sufficient.

“While his penalty decision could be criticized for brevity or for failing to more clearly articulate the factors taken into account in the discussion, we find the penalty ultimately to be reasonable,” the commission wrote in its decision, issued Aug. 18.

The decision may not be the final chapter in a drawn-out case, however. Wall or Wong could bring an application for judicial review to the Divisional Court, if either wants to attempt to overturn the decision.

Wong’s lawyers, Alan Gold and Melanie Webb, could not be reached for comment.

Toronto police spokesperson Mark Pugash would not comment on the Wong case while there is a possibility of further hearings. But speaking generally, he said that when the G20 tribunals began, former chief Bill Blair took the “extraordinary” step of bringing in outside judges to hear the cases, to ensure officers were held accountable.

Wall said he is pleased with the decision to uphold Wong’s conviction, but maintains that the one-day suspension is too light a penalty.

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“When a police officer makes an unlawful arrest and acts with such disregard for civil liberties, their ability to effectively do their job should seriously be evaluated,” Wall said in an email. “Injustices will undoubtedly continue to flow from the hands of the police until the accountability system begins holding them to a much higher standard.”