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TORONTO — A Toronto police officer who reported alleged sexual misconduct by a colleague has been disciplined because of some of the evidence she submitted to support her case.

An internal police disciplinary process ruled that Sgt. Jessica McInnis will lose vacation time because of her participation in a group chat that was found to contain inappropriate content.

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That content is part of a sexual misconduct complaint McInnis made against a coworker, both internally and to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

McInnis alleges Det. Mark Morris sexually harassed her for several years by making lewd remarks about her in front of their teammates, asking her to send naked photos of herself, and repeatedly sending her explicit messages and images through both group and private text chats.

McInnis submitted copies of the messages as part of an internal disciplinary procedure, which found this week that McInnis engaged in “discreditable conduct” because she participated in the chat. She was docked eight hours of vacation pay.