Lethbridge police officer reprimanded for accessing database in connection with Alberta MLA case
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The reprimand is to remain on the officer's record of discipline for three years, the LPS said.
The Lethbridge Police Service says it has sanctioned one of its officers “by way of a reprimand” after an internal probe into a database access case involving a former Alberta cabinet minister.
That investigation led Shahin Mehdizadeh, the chief of Lethbridge’s police department, to find the officer guilty of discreditable conduct and insubordination.
The reprimand is to remain on the officer’s record of discipline for three years, the LPS said in a news release issued Monday.
The LPS said it is not making the officer’s name public.
“As this is a personnel matter, the name of the officer will not be disclosed,” the LPS said.
The investigation stemmed from a police database search connected to the review of a case involving former Alberta MLA Shannon Phillips. In 2017, she was at a coffee shop and speaking with a constituent about a proposed new park. Phillips was environment minister at the time.
The conversation was partly overheard by a Lethbridge police officer who was worried what he heard could impact his pastime: riding on all-terrain vehicles.
He later posted images of the coffee shop meeting on social media with a caption criticizing Phillips and her NDP government. After Phillips filed a complaint with police about the matter, the officer was later convicted of five counts of violating the Police Act in connection with a subsequent investigation by Alberta’s Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB). The convictions included wrongly subjecting Phillips to a police database search, singling her out for traffic enforcement, misleading supervisors and using his position as an officer for political reasons.
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