The Windsor Police officer found guilty of discreditable conduct for his $50 donation to the Freedom Convoy is appealing.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced the decision Thursday on behalf of their client Constable Michael Brisco.
During a seven-day hearing earlier this year, Brisco admitted to donating $50 through an online crowd-funding site on Feb. 8, 2022, two days after the Ottawa Police Service declared a state of emergency.
At the time of the donation Constable Brisco was on unpaid leave from his job as a police officer in Windsor for choosing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The JCCF says Brisco is a highly trained and respected police officer with an exemplary record, who has been a police officer for 15 years with no prior disciplinary record.
They say he's a defender of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, who believes he was exercising his Charter right to freedom of expression when making the $50 donation.
Constable Brisco was required to forfeit 80 hours of work as punishment for the conviction.