Convicted Officer Coached Kids at Hockey Camp | Toronto News

Toronto News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 18, 2026 · 1m

A police officer in Ontario, Bradley Gibbs, pleaded guilty to assaulting two children — yet he was still coaching kids at a summer hockey camp just weeks later. The camp even featured his name on its website. After backlash erupted from parents and the public, the camp director claimed his legal troubles were unrelated to his coaching role, while Gibbs apologized for his “lapse in judgment.” But the incident exposed serious gaps in how camps vet staff — prompting calls for mandatory criminal background checks across all summer camps and forcing a reckoning over child safety in recreational…