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Rean had encountered the woman, then 19, in April 2015, when she was on the rooftop of a downtown Brockville building, according to Letourneau’s February, 2019 judgment.

Fearing she was suicidal, Rean took her to hospital for observation. Two months later, the constable spotted the woman again on the roof of a building, so he arrested her and charged her with mischief.

During the summer, Rean would see the woman while on patrol and the pair struck up a friendship that eventually led to a sexual relationship.

The court heard that the pair had consensual intercourse 18 separate times between September 2015 and April 2017. The sex took place in cars, parks, in a cemetery, and at his and her homes, court heard.

The only time it happened while Rean was on duty was on Sept. 28, 2016.

He agreed to meet the woman at 2:30 a.m. in a city park. Rean, the police canine officer, was driving the canine vehicle at the time and his dog, Chase, was in the back.

Rean resisted the woman’s advances until after 3 a.m., when the constable’s 90-minute break began. He then relented and the pair had sex.

At some point the woman was handcuffed in the front with the police-issued cuffs during sex.

“The sex started in the police vehicle and migrated to the ground beside the vehicle,” Letourneau said in his summation of facts. “Intercourse happened on the ground approximately one foot away from the police vehicle. (She) was completely naked. He was in his police uniform and his police belt had use-of-force on it, including his gun and handcuffs. During the sex on the ground, he took off his police belt and laid it on the ground beside him.”