Corey McArthur continues to fight for his job with the Guelph Police Service. He pleaded guilty to discreditable conduct for an incident in 2016 when he elbowed a 17-year-old who was handcuffed to a hospital bed. McArthur claimed the teen’s injuries were self-inflicted but, when staff reviewed the hospital’s security video, it showed a very different series of events. At a disciplinary hearing on July 17, 2026 Guelph Police were given the go-ahead to fire McArthur, unless he resigned within the next seven days. In the end, the disgraced officer decided against both those options. “Cst. Corey McArthur has exercised his right to appeal the decision of Hearing Officer M. Elbers,” Guelph Police wrote on their website. “As the matter is presently on appeal, there will be no further comment from the Guelph Police Service.” Disciplinary hearings McArthur’s first disciplinary hearing also ended with an appeal. His second and most recent one took nearly two years to complete. His lawyers argued that McArthur suffered from undiagnosed and untreated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the time of the assault, which stemmed from the 2013 death of his policing partner. He sought treatment, they said, and was now ready to return to work. The Guelph Police Service disagreed. They noted McArthur’s history of volatile and aggressive behaviour, calling his actions a fundamental breach of public trust. The hearing officer ultimately sided with Guelph Police. It has now been a decade since the inciting incident and McArthur remains on the Guelph Police Service’s payroll. According to Ontario’s Sunshine List, he made more than $131,000 in 2025 alone.
