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A Brossard resident is offended by the treatment he says he received from a Sûreté du Québec police officer who pulled him over on Sunday, criticizing the officer for lacking compassion and handling the situation in a dogmatic way.

On Sunday afternoon, David Warren, 49, was driving his younger brother Craig and his five-year-old niece, Ruby, to the Montreal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. They had been visiting from Scotland and had a 5:35 p.m. flight to catch, first to Toronto and then to Glasgow.

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Heading north on Highway 15, shortly after crossing the Champlain Bridge, the brothers noticed a Sûreté du Québec police car behind them. Craig, a police officer in Scotland with more than 20 years of service, joked about David being wanted by police for something he hadn’t told him. Then the police car’s sirens came on, and Warren was pulled over.

The officer informed Warren that his registration hadn’t been paid after taking his car, a 2005 Nissan Murano, out of storage following a recent trip. Warren says he told him that was impossible — he had paid it 10 days in advance and had the proof of payment on his phone to show him.