Four Toronto police officers charged in connection to a now-deceased car salesman and convicted car thief have had their tribunal postponed to June 9th.

The four include Mike McCormack, the director of the Toronto Police Association and son of former Toronto Police Chief Bill McCormack. Also charged are constables Rob Correa, Michael Thompson and Nick Morris.

They face a total of 14 charges under Ontario's Police Services Act, including corruption and discreditable conduct.

The latest scandal -- the second this year -- has prompted some to call for an independent probe into the conduct of the city's cops. But Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino says there is no need.

"I think that once the dust settles and the issues become known, it will be seen that there is quite an element of independence involved in this particular investigation," he told CTV's Canada AM.

Fantino added there is already an independent oversight body: The Toronto Police Services Board. "So there is oversight, there is accountability and certainly there is an awful lot of scrutiny."

In an added step to clean up its tarnished image, retired Ontario justice George Ferguson released a report Tuesday that makes a number of recommendations on how to improve the force, including random drug testing of officers.

Fantino had asked Ferguson in 2001 to review the force's policies and practices amid allegations surrounding former drug squad members.

Charges laid

The latest charges are in connection with an alleged money-laundering scandal involving car salesman Jeffrey Allan Geller. He died last month at the age of 35 of a drug overdose.

In addition to the four officers, also implicated in the case is McCormack's wife, Elizabeth Martin. The force alleges she and Correa formed a numbered Ontario company last fall that operated as "Jeff Geller's Exclusive Auto."

Criminal corruption charges are also pending against union president Rick McIntosh and McCormack's older brother, Billy.

Billy, a long-time officer with the 52 Division in downtown Toronto, has been suspended with pay. McIntosh has stepped down from his post.

The Toronto Police Association called on the younger McCormack to step down as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday but he refused.

The board is meeting Monday to decide how to handle his refusal. In a fax sent out last night to its members, it said McCormack never disclosed his relationship with Geller to the association when he ran for office last September.

McCormack was one of three officers who spoke on Geller's behalf last April before the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council, in an effort to get Geller's licence to buy, sell or lease cars renewed.

This is the second major scandal to hit the Toronto police force this year.

In January, criminal charges were laid against six officers. The officers are accused of shaking down suspects, falsifying search warrants and dealing drugs.