Fady Dagher : “What’s important is the public’s trust,” says Lapointe
Posted November 6, 2026 1:36 pm.
Quebec’s Minister of Internal Security, Guy Lapointe Jr., provided an update Friday on the scandals that have plagued the Montreal police for several months.
He was in Montreal to meet with the Director General of the Sûreté du Québec, Johanne Beausoleil, and define the priorities of his ministry, but it was the allegations of misconduct by some police officers of the Montreal Police Service (SPVM) that occupied the majority of the press conference.
It was learned on Friday that anonymous police officers had made reports to the Police Ethics Commissioner against the director of the SPVM, Fady Dagher , according to information reported by TVA Nouvelles.
The police officers in question claim in their complaint that Dagher lacked impartiality in handling the case of police station 39, which led to the dismissal of seven police officers accused of committing racist acts while on duty.
Minister Lapointe was sparing with words on the situation, stating that he preferred to wait for the results of the investigations before commenting.
“If the facts prove to be true, it is extremely disturbing, it is unacceptable. This is not the kind of behavior that can be accepted in any context by police officers, who must have the trust of the public,” said Lapointe, himself a former police officer.
Does he still trust Fady Dagher to lead the Montreal police force? On this point too, the minister remained vague.
“What is important is not my own confidence. What is important is the confidence of the population. The mayor (of Montreal, Soraya Martinez Ferrada) has confidence in him,” he simply replied.
Maintaining this trust will be one of his cabinet’s priorities, added Minister Lapointe.
“The Prime Minister has given me a very clear mandate: to work on the public’s sense of security.”
The former police officer also plans to tackle crime in the region as well as the recruitment of young people by criminal organizations.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
