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EDMONTON — An Edmonton police officer was suspended for a total of 120 hours without pay Monday after pleading guilty to four counts of neglect of duty.

Const. Adam Chambers acknowledged at a police disciplinary hearing that he failed to complete and submit reports over a two-year period, some involving Criminal Code investigations that were essentially lost to the justice system as a result.

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COP SUED: A co-owner of an Edmonton limousine company has filed a $1.1-million lawsuit against a city cop, the chief of police, Northlands, the Edmonton Oilers and others after alleging he was maliciously arrested and assaulted.

According to a Feb. 27 statement of claim, James Allan Korchinski, of Blue Sky Limousines, alleges Const. Sam Najmeddine developed an animosity toward him and used his police powers against him for an improper purpose.

Korchinski claims he was providing transportation for a private party at Lux Steakhouse on Feb. 27, 2007, and was lawfully in the premises when Najmeddine told him to leave and threatened him with arrest for trespassing.

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EDMONTON – A delay of nearly six years has made bringing out the truth behind charges against two Edmonton police officers a difficult job, said the presiding officer during closing arguments at a disciplinary hearing Wednesday.

Constables Cody Zielie and Richard Abbott are each facing one count of unlawful use of authority for allegedly being too rough with a 17-year-old runaway.

In December 2003, they joined in a foot chase and Abbott tackled the youth. But one of the two independent witnesses of the arrest is dead, and the other has moved away.

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EDMONTON — Two Edmonton police constables have been waiting nearly six years to hear the end of allegations they beat a 17-year-old runaway before handing him back to his group home.

The incident dates back to late 2003.

Medical records examined at a police internal disciplinary hearing Tuesday show the young man suffered a fractured toe, scratches to his face and a fractured jaw.

A doctor who saw his injuries told him he looked like he “got beat up by a gang,” the young man told the hearing.

He can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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Five years after zapping a teen burglary suspect with a Taser, Edmonton police Const. Todd Hudec is set to get on with his life, now that his disciplinary hearing has concluded.

Yesterday, the internal police hearing ended with Hudec being suspended without pay for 20 hours in connection to the Dec. 24, 2003, zapping of a 15-year-old boy.

Hudec, 34, admitted failing to document using the stun gun. He also confessed to failing to obtain medical attention for the teen. He also neglected to complete a controlled tactics report.

Two charges of insubordination were withdrawn.

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An Edmonton police constable was suspended without pay for 35 hours for unnecessarily Tasering a man struggling with two other officers.

“He, in essence, created the misfortune for himself,” Supt. Mark Logar said of Const. Andrew Hoglund. “Nothing in the evidence suggests Const. Hoglund asked if help was needed,” said Logar, who oversaw the hearing.

“Const. Hoglund cannot justify his actions. The constable breezes in, applies the Taser, and disappears. This type of application of the Taser does not speak highly of the service.”

University student Robert Boik was leaving the Globe Bar and Grill at Jasper Avenue and 109th Street on Sept. 4, 2004, when his friend got involved in a fight. The first officer to arrive called for backup. Boik was arrested shortly after, when one of the officers asked him for identification and he refused.

Both officers arresting him had Tasers, but decided they weren’t needed to make the arrest. They didn’t realize Hoglund had Tasered the man.

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EDMONTON – An Edmonton constable who Tasered a man during an arrest outside a downtown bar has been found guilty on a disciplinary charge of unnecessary use of force.

Const. Andrew Hoglund been given a 35-hour suspension without pay and the promotion to sergeant he earned in April 2007 is in jeopardy.

A police disciplinary hearing Thursday found that Hoglund was out of line when he fired his Taser at Robert Boik on the night of Sept. 4, 2004, when two other officers already had him under control.

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EDMONTON — A disciplinary hearing for an Edmonton police officer accused of using unnecessary force on a youth while trying to help a neighbour confronting a group of teenagers who broke into his vehicle started Wednesday.

Const. Kurt Puhlmann is accused of four counts of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority in connection with the Oct. 7, 2004 incident.

He is accused of pushing the 15-year-old complainant to the ground, slapping him with an open hand causing the skin to break and bleed, using excessive force on the youth’s neck and throat area while he was in the back of a police cruiser, and slamming the back door on youth’s right leg.

The hearing heard from the neighbour who said he was awakened around 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 to find a group of teenagers inside his parked van. Armed with a toy baseball bat, the man said he chased the teens off, but they later returned supposedly to retrieve a baseball cap one of them dropped.

Daniel St. Martin said one of the youths was kicking and banging on his front door while his frightened wife was inside calling 911.

Puhlmann, who lived a couple of doors down, showed up and identified himself as a police officer to the youths who left after a verbal exchange. While one of the youths was walking away, he turned and told him: “I’m going to come back and Molotov cocktail your house,” St. Martin said.

A friend of the teenaged complainant told the hearing they had been at a house party in the neighbourhood and were walking home when they spotted a light on in a van parked in the back alley and got in. They were chased off by the homeowner, but decided to go back to get a baseball cap one of them had dropped.

The friend said they were at the front door where his friend was kicking and banging on the door, demanding the hat back. When no one answered the door, they decided to leave and that’s when Puhlman, wearing pyjamas and a housecoat, showed up and identified himself as a police officer.

The friend said he saw Puhlmann slap the complainant who was being belligerant with him. The officer then poured out a bottle of liquor which fell out of the youth’s coat.

More words were exchanged as uniformed police officers showed up. The mouthy youth was placed in the backseat of one cruiser with another of the group.

The friend said he was in the back seat of another cruiser with another of their friends. Although he didn’t have a clear view, he said he saw Pulhmann talking to the complainant through the open door and then reach in. The complainant gave a jolt and looked like he was in pain. Then Puhlmann closed the door which bounced back open.

The youth, now 19, said the complaintant looked like he was in a lot of pain.

All four were taken to the west division and later released into their parents’ custody, the friend said.

“We didn’t know until January that (the complainant) had been charged…we were in quite a bit of trouble with our parents. Some of us were grounded and we couldn’t hang out with each other,” he said.

The hearing continues.

via Disciplinary hearing for Edmonton cop begins today.