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Police brutality claim
CALGARY - Calgary's
police chief promised a thorough investigation of allegations of
excessive force against four officers, as others questioned the
credibility of the store owner making the accusations. (Calgary
Herald)
Last call for rowdies
EDMONTON - The Alberta government will introduce new regulations next
month to curb binge drinking, a problem Premier Ed Stelmach says is
getting worse and threatening community safety. Stelmach was referring
to a weekend incident in which as many as a dozen rowdy bar patrons beat
a pair of cops in a downtown alley after they tried to break up a fight.
(Edmonton Journal) PREVIOUS:
Boyd buzzing mad
Mob attacks officers
6 men face charges in mugging of police officer
Female officer's charges 'cruel'
LETHBRIDGE - The
association representing rank-and-file police officers in Lethbridge is
criticizing a decision to pursue criminal charges against an officer who
was suicidal at the time of her alleged offence. (Calgary Herald)
Cocaine caused death
EDMONTON - Provincial
court Judge F.A. Day, who conducted the fatality inquiry into the case,
found that Alessandro Fiacco, 33, had five times the lethal level of
cocaine in his system, and it caused his heart to fail. (CP)
Judge throws out case
SHERWOOD PARK - A
judge has reprimanded some Mounties, even accusing one of unlawful
assault, over a case in which they charged three people with resisting
arrest and related offences. (Edmonton Journal)
Beating charges dismissed
EDMONTON - Charges
against two police officers accused of beating a man in their custody
were dismissed Thursday. Constables Jay Reinelt and Alex Thomas
arrested Komal Rhoda in April 2003 after he was found at an accident
scene with no identification or paperwork for his vehicle. (Edmonton
Journal)
Chief clears city cop
EDMONTON - A man
who was shot six times by a city police officer after stabbing a police
dog is demanding an independent review of a finding that the officer was
blameless. Police Chief Mike Boyd cleared Sgt. Bruce Edwards on Friday
of criminal wrongdoing or misconduct in the shooting last year of
Kirk Steele.
(Edmonton Journal)
Police commission breached information act
EDMONTON - The
Edmonton Police Commission breached the provincial freedom of
information act when it took nearly four months to process a simple
information request from The Edmonton Journal about the salary being
paid to the commission's executive director. (Edmonton Journal)
Eight-year ordeal ends
EDMONTON - The
Edmonton Police Service has dropped all internal disciplinary charges
against Const. Joe Slemko, a blood-spatter expert who defied orders not
to testify for the defence as a private consultant in criminal cases and
fatality inquiries. (Edmonton Journal)
Charge against officer dropped
EDMONTON
- An assault charge against a city police officer was dismissed last
week due to an administrative error. (Edmonton Journal)
Cops feared for their own
safety
EDMONTON -
Two Edmonton police constables told an internal
disciplinary hearing today that concerns for their own
safety led them to handcuff and search a driver who was
pulled over for a minor traffic violation. (Edmonton
Journal)
Province plans civilian body
EDMONTON - The
provincial government will introduce legislation that will create a
civilian body to investigate serious incidents involving police when the
legislature resumes sitting next week. (Calgary Herald)
Policeman target of gunfire
CALGARY - An
investigator working on a 10-month probe of a violent Calgary street
gang was allegedly the target of a shooting outside a home last spring.
(Calgary Herald)
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Anger management classes
EDMONTON -
Const. Gord Kroeker was found guilty Thursday of conduct unbecoming of
an officer in an April 1, 2006, incident outside a St. Albert pub called
the Beer Hunter. (Edmonton Journal)
Internal investigation
CALGARY - The police
force has launched an internal investigation after a civilian staffer
was charged in connection with a pair of marijuana grow operations
raided this week. Supt. Ken Marchant said the force will conduct a
review of the conduct of Lan Nguyen Dang, but does not believe its
security was breached. (CBC)
Police executive shuffle costly
CALGARY - The city is
paying $700,000 in severance to two top police officers who held
executive positions for less than two years before being shuffled out of
Chief Rick Hanson's new deck. (Calgary Herald)
Officers earn new medals
EDMONTON
- One by one, their stories were told Friday afternoon at City Hall, of
officers who displayed courage; intelligent, split-second
decision-making and excellent police work beyond what was asked of
them. . (Edmonton Journal)
Constable cleared
EDMONTON - Two years after she was hit in
the face by a city police officer and thrown to the ground in the middle
of
Stanley Cup playoff
celebrations, Kristin Wilson said she is disappointed by a ruling
Tuesday that the officer did nothing wrong. (Edmonton Journal)
Calgary Transit to make public crime statistics
Calgary
Transit says it
will make crime data public and file reports to council at least
annually after a Herald investigation published this weekend showed the
statistics have never been shared with council or the public. (Calgary
Herald) PREVIOUS:
Transit crime kept secret
Northeast's C-Train line tops for
trouble
LRT parking lot crime hot spot
Police reports reveal rising C-Train
crime
Judge rules officer justified
CALGARY -
A police officer who shot and killed a Calgary man
wielding a knife took appropriate action, a provincial fatality inquiry
concluded. In January 2005, Const. Ian Vernon killed Harjinder Singh
Cheema, 30, with a single bullet after Cheema repeatedly stabbed his
wife and his mother-in-law. (CBC)
Scolding prompts police review
CALGARY - The city's
police commission will publicly review its policy on how long the
Calgary Police Service has to investigate complaints against its
officers after a judge criticized a "secret" change to the rules.
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Officer in
limbo wants back on beat
Officers walk a fresh beat
CALGARY - Ten years
and 6,488 kilometres later, two Scottish police officers who trained
together in Glasgow once again found themselves in the same recruit
class -- this time, with the Calgary Police Service. (Calgary
Herald) RELATED:
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Disciplinary hearings head online
CALGARY - The internal
disciplinary process for Calgary police officers is moving from behind
closed doors onto the Internet. The Calgary Police Service will post
notice of
upcoming public disciplinary hearings
on its website and plans to make decisions arising from the proceedings
available to the public as well. (Calgary Herald)
Officers reinstated
CALGARY - With
just a week on the job as Calgary's top cop, Chief Rick Hanson is
distinguishing himself from his predecessor, reinstating two officers
accused of using excessive force during an arrest that was caught on
video and led to a $400,000 lawsuit filed by the alleged victim.
(Calgary Herald)
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New chief vows to make city safe
CALGARY - The Calgary Police Service's
new chief says he'll do "whatever's necessary" to make Calgary a safe
city. The police service on Monday named
Rick Hanson as the city's next
police chief. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Chief
dumps deputies
Police numbers boosted in core We
can't afford another Beaton
Calgary names new police chief
Ex-deputy named chief of police
Workers wary of violent Calgary
Who is the man behind the badge?
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Alberta's top cop wants independent
investigations
EDMONTON - Alberta's solicitor general wants independent
detectives to investigate cases where people die or are
seriously injured while in police custody, and he will
look to the country's police chiefs for guidance in
creating a new system, his office said Monday. (Edmonton
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Suit
alleges police racism Officer's complaint third in year
CALGARY
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Taufiq Shah, 33, alleges in his statement of claim, filed by
lawyer Richard Steele last week at Court of Queen's Bench, that he was
"constantly and relentlessly harassed" and verbally abused
relating to his race, religious beliefs, colour, ancestry and health.
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