Two Lethbridge police officers admitted they had not been authorized to watch former environment minister Shannon Phillips while she met with people in a diner to discuss a new park in the Castle region in the province’s southwest
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“I was listening to the radio at breakfast and my eyes just about fell into my coffee cup,” Locke said in an interview from his home in Banff, Alta., late Tuesday.He and Marchand were listening to a news story about a disciplinary hearing for Sgt. Jason Carrier and Const. Keon Woronuk, which was first reported by CHAT News.
They took photos of the meeting and, as they left, Woronuk said to Carrier that he “would hate to see Phillips drive away from the restaurant and there was a reason to stop her,” an agreed statement of facts said. The post prompted Phillips to complain to Calgary police, who uncovered the unauthorized database search. They passed the investigation on to Medicine Hat police. The review resulted in charges under the Police Act.Locke, who noted that he gave a brief statement early on, said he didn’t know there was a formal investigation.It was about the reintroduction of bison in Banff National Park, he said, and how Phillips could protect the animals if they wandered onto provincial land outside the park.
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