By Canadian Press

Head of Quebec provincial police suspended as criminal allegation probed

Mar 6, 2019 | 12:21 PM

QUEBEC — The head of Quebec’s provincial police has been temporarily suspended following an allegation he committed criminal offences.

Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault said Martin Prud’homme was removed from his duties today pending an investigation. She has named the police force’s deputy director, Mario Bouchard, as his interim replacement.

Guilbault would not give details of the nature of the allegation or say when the offences are alleged to have occurred.

She says the investigation will be conducted by Quebec’s police watchdog.

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Guilbault says Prud’homme has not been arrested and benefits from the presumption of innocence.

Prud’homme recently returned to the provincial police after one year as interim chief of Montreal’s police force. He was brought in to deal with internal turmoil in that organization.

The Canadian Press