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A Montreal police officer with 10 years of experience has been ordered suspended for two days without pay for not intervening to stop his partner’s professional misconduct during a now-notorious arrest in 2012.

In a ruling issued Sept. 29, Quebec’s police ethics committee imposed the sanction on Constable Constantinos Samaras after hearing testimony on his conduct and that of Constable Stéfanie Trudeau, also known as “Agent 728” after videos of other violent arrests became internet sensations.

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The incident involving Samaras occurred in May 2012 and began when he and Trudeau issued a ticket to a cyclist around 2:30 a.m. at the corner of Mont-Royal Ave. E and de la Roche St.

Julian Menezes and two companions saw the ticket being issued and, when Trudeau told them to move along, said they only wanted to witness it.

Menezes told the committee that when the group didn’t move away after a second warning, Trudeau tackled and handcuffed him and, with Samaras’s aid, threw him in the back of their squad car.