Edmonton police obtained a search warrant for a property in central Edmonton in March this year seizing drugs, a sawed-off shotgun, imitation firearms and other weapons.
Following a disciplinary proceeding, the Edmonton Police Service has detailed the sanctions against Ken Smith. Now demoted to contable, Smith was found to have engaged in insubordination and discreditable conduct.Edmonton Police Service Sgt. Ken Smith made a series of "totally inappropriate" sexualized remarks to gay men under his command, a disciplinary hearing has found.
Fred Kamins, a retired RCMP chief superintendent who presided over the hearing, found that Smith demonstrated "no meaningful" remorse for the harm caused by his degrading remarks. "Faced with his failings as a supervisor, and taking no action when others expressed concern about the banter, he blamed others," Kamins wrote.The three incidents of misconduct occurred between August 2021 and July 2022, while Smith served as sergeant at the EPS Eastwood station.
The hearing heard that a third incident happened a few days later, when Smith singled out three gay men on his squad during a pre-shift meeting known as a parade. "To my mind, he was not thinking which, if possible, makes the comments even more serious, particularly when made by a supervisor to a subordinate."Smith initially denied that the first incident ever happened. He provided location tracking data from his cellphone in an attempt to prove that he was not at the station at the time.
During his testimony, Smith said his comments were his efforts to be "jovial" and said his remarks were "well-timed humour" made in response to the kind of banter the constables often engaged in.Smith failed in allowing the "banter" to continue and neglecting to correct his behaviour, Kamins found.
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