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She addressed patrol officers on Nov. 16 during parade, which occurs at the beginning of every shift and when officers get briefed on both short- and long-term matters of concern.

“During the presentation of the (service initiative) frontline deployment slide deck, to all assembled, Deputy Chief Jill Skinner, who was delivering the update from the Greenbank parade room, identified herself as the newly appointed frontline deputy chief and made the following comment: ‘we have some very hard working members on Patrol who should be recognized for their hard work and we also have members who are ‘Canine Fornicators’ who will be held to account,’” an inspector in charge of central platoon wrote in a memo, obtained by the Citizen, that he sent up his chain of command.

The senior officer said comments made by Skinner were “shocking.”

In a statement to the Citizen Monday, Skinner said she “was attempting to speak in general terms about concerns I have heard from some front line members about accountability on the job.”

“Many have expressed that it was important that any new model ensure that all members are consistently held to the same performance standard.”

“I used inappropriate language in describing those sentiments,” Skinner said.

Several officers told the Citizen about the comments and said they felt insulted and disrespected.

Skinner said she “referred to no specific members and was speaking in general terms” but also said she recognizes “that what I said offended some members.”