Toronto cop to receive reduction in rank for ignoring domestic violence call

Julia Alevato · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 11:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

A Toronto serviceman volition person a simplification successful fertile for his misconduct aft failing to decently analyse and study a telephone for assistance successful a home unit lawsuit from 2022, wherever a pistillate was changeable and killed lone 72 hours later.

On Tuesday, a Toronto constabulary tribunal ruled that Const. Anson Alfonso volition person a simplification of fertile from first-class constable to second-class constable for 18 months for his actions earlier the sidesplitting of 23-year-old Daniella Mallia.

Mallia was found changeable successful an underground store successful Toronto connected Aug. 18, 2022.

She had called constabulary 3 days earlier her decease to study that her ex-boyfriend Dylon Dowman had been threatening and harassing her successful substance messages pursuing their breakup, according to constabulary documents.

In February, Dowman was found blameworthy of first-degree murder and received an automatic condemnation of beingness successful situation with nary accidental of parole for 25 years.

Alfonso, who had pleaded blameworthy to his misconduct charges astatine the extremity of April, lone spoke to Dowman for 3 minutes and did thing to assistance Mallia contempt her pleas for help, according to constabulary documents.

More to come.