Edmonton Police Watch

(Copyright Edmonton Journal 2004)

Some people don’t trust officers, and have had ‘negative’ experiences

EDMONTON - The police department should stop investigating complaints against itself and hand the task over to an independent body, speakers told a public forum Wednesday.

The Edmonton Police Commission was told repeatedly the existing system is flawed because people fear retribution or believe internal investigations are biased. The poor, immigrants, aboriginals and people already in trouble with the law have the greatest fears so are less likely to complain, groups said.

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Angry husband, wife ‘humiliated’ by raid

EDMONTON JOURNAL

EDMONTON - Abdulahi Mahamad and Susan Kolbowicz were in the kitchen of their Groat Estates home on March 19 making a cake for their five-year-old son’s birthday when there was a knock on the door. Within minutes, Mahamad was handcuffed and five Edmonton police tactical team members, in full combat gear and with guns drawn, were swarming through the house along with two plainclothes detectives.

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