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The second sergeant allegedly visited a Haitian bar in January 2013 that was off-limits to Canadian personnel and attempted to hire a prostitute. Once he was back in Canada, the SQ referred his case for possible criminal prosecution, but charges were never laid.

“Unfortunately, Canadian courts do not have any jurisdiction over events which have occurred in Haiti,” SQ spokesman Capt. Guy Lapointe said.

After the criminal case was closed, the matter was referred to the SQ’s internal disciplinary process, but the officer, who had been suspended with pay, retired in April 2015 before a hearing could be held.

Lapointe said once officers retire, they no longer fall under the jurisdiction of the SQ’s disciplinary process.

“Obviously, you want officers facing consequences,” he said. “But at the same time, when you think that the most serious (disciplinary) consequence they could face is to get fired, and they retire, the end result is the same. These officers are no longer police officers.”

News of the SQ officers follows a Radio-Canada report in April revealing two Montreal police officers fathered children with local women while they were serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti.

In one case, the mother was the officer’s housekeeper. After being reported by work colleagues, he was suspended for nine days by the police force and subsequently retired.