 His transfer came after a camera crew caught him turning a protester upside down and "bouncing his head off the asphalt", during a protest at Simon Fraser University where the part-time tactical team officer was studying for his Masters Degree in Criminology.He retired from the service in 2007 and went to work for Public Mobile, a telecommunications company.He was replaced with Luc Portelance, following a long-standing enmity between Hooper and Director Jim Judd.