One of the Parliament Hill guards honoured for bravery after he was shot in the foot by the gunman who attacked Centre Block in 2014 is among the dozens reprimanded by RCMP earlier this week for an on-the-job protest that has seen guards don lime-green caps and vests over the past several months.

Const. Samearn Son, who was shot while trying to block gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau as he stormed up the front steps of Centre Block on October 22, 2014, has received a verbal reprimand as part of an effort by management to crack down on the uniform violations being used by House of Commons guards with the Parliamentary Protective Service to call for greater respect in paused discussions over a new contract.

The guards have been without a contract since March, and took to wearing the bright green caps and vests, as well as jeans, in addition to their usual uniform shirts and protective gear since June.

In the coming days, a written reprimand will be issued and added to Son’s file, as well as to those of dozens of other guards who have been brought in to face disciplinary hearings that began on Monday.

Sources have told iPolitics many could soon face suspensions.

Those would begin with one day without pay and could extend to one week, which some say could see some guards refuse the over-time being offered for them to cover posts left vacant by suspended colleagues — and in the worst case scenario, see some posts left unguarded.

A spokesperson for the Parliamentary Protective Service said no suspensions have been issued yet but could be possible if guards continue their protests.

“Disciplinary letters are being issued over to employees who continue to violate the employer policy on Dress and Deportment,” wrote Melissa Rusk in an email to iPolitics.

“At this time, no one has been suspended for violating the policy; however, as disciplinary processes are normally progressive, further acts of this nature could result in a suspension without pay.”

The RCMP asserts that these fit the terms laid out under the expired collective agreements, and accuses the guards of dishonouring a peace agreement signed by the executive representing them in August that tried to hit pause on the protests and negotiations.

A hearing before the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board from November 1 to 3 is set to allow those negotiations to resume.

As it stands now, the RCMP has operational command over the roughly 400 members of the Parliamentary Protective Services.

Security services for the House of Commons and the Senate were separate up until the 2014 attack, after which the decision was made spring 2015 to hand operational control over to RCMP.

There remains significant dissatisfaction among some members of the unified guard services about that move.

Last week, the NDP tried to get the House to unanimously consent to ask Speaker Geoff Regan to work with the union for the guards, but did not get the support needed from the other parties.

“I’m completely blown away. It’s absolutely disgraceful,” said NDP public safety critic Matthew Dubé of the news that Son was among those disciplined. “To think that someone like that would also get disciplined simply for standing up for proper working conditions, standing up for proper contract negotiations, it’s embarrassing.”

Dubé says the RCMP is operating in “bad faith” and said the NDP will continue asking for disciplinary measures against the guards to end and for full negotiations to resume as soon as possible.