Hamilton Police officer Jason Howard will be demoted from sergeant to second-class constable for two years after he pleaded guilty to racking up hundreds of dollars in fraudulent benefits claims and blaming it on his 12-year-old daughter. In a sentencing hearing Tuesday at the end of a two-year discipline process, hearing officer Terence Kelly said that Howard is not beyond rehabilitation and should be given an opportunity to get back to work and prove he can change.

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