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Const. Wesley Reeves kicked the door on the way out of his professional misconduct hearing at London police headquarters on Monday.

The emotional outburst came after hearings officer Greg Walton ruled Reeves must resign within one week, or be fired, after pleading guilty to five offences under the Police Services Act (PSA).

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“I don’t think you heard both sides. It’s ridiculous,” Reeves said after the OPP superintendent delivered his decision.

While using cocaine, marijuana and steroids during an 18-month period, Reeves ran nearly two dozen unauthorized searches on the police database and had a fellow officer cancel a traffic ticket for his then-girlfriend’s sister, Walton said.

Reeves, 33, had pleaded guilty to five PSA charges – four counts of discreditable conduct, one count of insubordination – in the hopes of keeping his job, but Walton ruled his behaviour was too egregious.

“This was not a situation where Const. Reeves made an honest mistake or had a momentarily lapse of judgement. His secret searches and drug use was regular and deliberate,” Walton said.