It’s the kind of bullying behaviour you wouldn’t expect from a 10-year-old. But shamefully it wasn’t considered to be too boorish or cruel to be acted out by two on-duty Toronto police officers.

The officers had pulled Pamela Munoz over for allegedly running a red light last November. Riding in the car with her were her two daughters, one of whom, Francie, has Down Syndrome.

Cue the ignorant behaviour.

Caught on the officers’ dashboard video, which Munoz recently obtained to fight the ticket, were the two officers referring to Francie as a half woman, “disfigured . . . or different,” and laughing loutishly. “Artistic . . . That’s going to be my new code for . . . different,” says one.

The two cops must now do the right thing. At the very least, they should publicly apologize and take sensitivity training, though one would think they would have learned not to make such disparaging remarks about people with disabilities back when they were in grade school.

On the positive side, Chief Mark Saunders and Mayor John Tory have both apologized to the Munoz family. To his credit, Saunders even went to their home in person to do so.

Saunders did not tell the media about his conversation with the family. But he did tell CP24 that his officers “go out there and try to do a good job each and every day. By no means is this situation a fair representation of what goes on on a day-to-day basis.”

Still, while the department investigates the officers to decide on the appropriate disciplinary measure (it could range from a reprimand to dismissal), it should take Francie Munoz up on her suggestion that all police officers should receive better training in dealing with people with disabilities.

They might want to start by watching the videos Munoz has appeared in as an advocate for people with Down Syndrome created by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Clearly the two officers have a lot to learn from Munoz about respecting the people they serve. They should acknowledge that in what should be an immediate and fulsome public apology.