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Nesbeth’s lawyer Linda McCurdy said Tuesday she told her client about the decision but has not yet had an opportunity to discuss it with her.

“I’m very disappointed,” said McCurdy, who handled the appeal but not the drawn-out case before that. “I didn’t deal with the entire case. I did my best with what I had on appeal.”

McCurdy thinks Nesbeth’s punishment is worse than some officers have received for more serious transgressions.

“There are a lot of police officers who are working on the force who’ve done way worse than what they found she did,” McCurdy said. “She was never convicted of a criminal offence. And there are police officers who have been convicted of criminal offences who have kept their jobs.”

Nesbeth can appeal the OCPC ruling to the courts.

Windsor police Chief Al Frederick did not return calls from the Star Tuesday.

Mayor Drew Dilkens would like chiefs of police to have more ability to terminate pay, after an appropriate length of time, for officers battling charges in court.

“I’m happy the matter has been resolved,” said Dilkens, who serves as the chair of the Windsor Police Board. “And we look forward to working on changes to the Police Act to allow the chiefs to have more discretion when it comes to those types of matters.”

Jason DeJong, president of the Windsor Police Association, did not want to address the Nesbeth case directly, since she funded her own appeal.

“Our membership takes a lot of pride in serving the community and keeping the community safe,” DeJong said. “So it’s always disheartening from the memberships’ perspective when there is an allegation of misconduct or a finding of misconduct.”