Deputy Chief Uday Jaswal resigns from the Ottawa Police Service

Uday Jaswal, a deputy chief with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), has resigned from the force, CBC News has learned.

The 23-year veteran with the force wassuspended with pay in March 2020 when he was charged with misconduct for allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted touching relating tothree female OPS employees two officers and one civilian.

A disciplinary hearing under the Ontario Civilian Police Commissionwas scheduled to hear evidence and testimony from complainants for the first time on Monday.

Jaswal's lawyer, Ari Goldkind,brought forward a motion this week to adjourn the start of hearing again, which was denied by the commission, according to Paul Champ, an Ottawa lawyer representing the first complainant to come forward.

The matter against him has now ended, however,since Jaswalhas left the force.

Goldkind told CBCthat Jaswal tendered a letter of resignation to the Ottawa Police Services boardwith a full statement, buthe had no comment to make at this time on behalf of his client.

"Jaswal's resignation did come as a bit of a relief to my client, who found it validating," said Champ.

"She was looking forward to testifying next week and having her testimony tested, because she has gone through so much at the Ottawa Police Service since she came forward with these allegations. There's many that doubted her, [including] those who were loyal to Jaswal. [She]and her husband went through quite a lot."

Was facing 8 misconduct charges

Jaswal was hired by Ottawa police in1995. He rose to the rank of superintendent before leaving the city in 2016 to be deputy chief for the Durham Regional Police Service near Toronto.

He rejoined Ottawa police as deputy chief in 2018, beforethe Ottawa allegations against him came to light in 2019 and an investigation in Durham into allegations of corruptionbecame public.

He was charged in 2020 with six counts of misconduct three counts of discreditable conduct and three counts of insubordination under the Police Services Act for allegedly sexually harassing the three OPS employees.

Then last year, he wascharged with another two counts of discreditable conductunder the act in connection with the Durham investigation.

Those charges will now be dropped, andJaswal won't face prosecution for any disciplinary offences now that he is no longer a police officer in Ontario.

According to Ontario's sunshine list, Jaswal was paid$261,635.60 in 2020the last year the information has been made available.