A veteran Windsor police officer named in a pair of assault cases is leaving the service.
The Windsor Police Services Board announced at its meeting Thursday that they accepted the resignation of Constable John Jubinville. However, the agenda for the meeting listed the resignation as a retirement.
The constable was charged last year in two separate assault cases. One occurred on November 25, 2016, the other on February 15, 2017. The charges remain outstanding.
Despite Jubinville's past record, police Chief Al Frederick says that the decision to retire was Jubinville's own, and that no officer has ever been forced into retirement during his tenure as chief.
"In respect to anyone here who chooses to retire, that's their decision," says Frederick. "In regards to that officer in particular, he chose to leave when he did, and it wasn't under any undue circumstances. It was just a choice that he made."
The chief says quite a few officers have chosen to retire from the service over the past couple of years, and they do it for a variety of reasons.
"This year and last we had higher numbers than normal retire, and I think they're taking advantage of good pensions and good opportunities that may be out there and certainly time to spend with their families," says Frederick. "So it's always a great moment when people retire from the service."
Jubinville had been an officer for the Windsor service for 29 years and seven months, according to the agenda.
