A years-long investigation into Durham police found that the service’s top brass oversaw a “poisoned” workplace culture, rife with favouritism and harassment.

The Star has obtained a redacted copy of the 212-page report that officials have previously refused to release and, for the first time, is able to reveal some of the findings from the 2019 probe into cronyism, harassment, and possible criminal activity at Canada’s ninth-largest police service.

The now-dissolved Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) launched the investigation in May 2019, citing “considerable and consistent information” that senior leadership, including former chief Paul Martin, former deputy chief Dean Bertrim, former deputy chief Uday Jaswal and former chief administrative officer Stan MacLellan, were favour

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