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It’s a “crisis of confidence” of emergency proportions.

That’s how a report from the Ontario Civilian Police Commission described the situation in the upper ranks of the Durham Regional Police Service, prompting an order for the immediate removal of the region’s top cop.

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On Friday, the commission moved to remove Durham Regional Police Chief Paul Martin’s powers while also ordering further investigations into members of the service’s senior brass and police service’s board.

In January, the OCPC began reviewing complaints made against senior Durham police officers, reportedly regarding abuse-of-power and corruption allegations — concerns allegedly raised by other cops, both active duty and retired.

Obtained by theSun, the report contained explosive allegations against Martin and members of his senior staff — amounting to what it describes as a “crisis of confidence” that has the “potential to affect policing and the community.”