255.7. When assessing an application, the ethics committee shall consider, among other factors, the seriousness of the transgression and the conduct of the police officer since the resulting penalty was handed down.
The ethics committee invites the police officer concerned and, if it considers it necessary in order to weigh the merits of the application, the director of the police force that imposed the penalty for the transgression, the director of the police force of which the police officer was a member on the day the application was filed and the Commissioner to submit observations either in writing within a specified period or verbally at a sitting convened when and where the ethics committee determines. The ethics committee is required to gather such observations in the case of a new application for the same transgression or in the case of an application filed by a police officer who, after being granted a remission for a transgression, is imposed a penalty for a new transgression of the Code of ethics.
The ethics committee may also require any information or documents it considers necessary.
The clerk shall send the persons concerned a notice containing the relevant information.