Ottawa firefighter Capt. Greg Wright, right, walks outside the Ottawa Courthouse on May 8, 2024.
The Ottawa Fire Services captain in charge of the station where a firefighter allegedly choked and assaulted a non-binary crewmate failed to follow workplace policies following the incident, suggested the Crown attorney.
According to earlier testimonies, "horseplay" was common among junior firefighters who would compete to perform menial tasks as a way of demonstrating their initiative. The former outlines that "disrespectful and inappropriate conduct" including "horseplay" is prohibited.The latter reads that "intentionally pushing, shoving, or squeezing a person in any way" or any action that "could reasonably be expected to cause injury or illness to an employee" is also prohibited behaviour.
Wright previously testified that he neither saw nor heard the brief melee as he stood at a nearby compost bin chatting with another firefighter, his back turned to Einagel and Weaver. "But even if somebody doesn't intend to hurt somebody else and they give them a playful shove, it could cause injury to them," said Wetscher.Ottawa Fire Services station 47 on Greenbank Road on May 6, 2024.
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