Official Edmonton Police Service Press Release re: Mike Wasylyshen
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Archive for July, 2007NATIONAL POST EDMONTON — An internationally recognized police blood-spatter expert said his own force, the Edmonton Police Service, supplied the RCMP with information to attack his credibility at a hearing into the shooting death of a B.C. man by a Mountie. The Edmonton police force has confirmed Edmonton Police Service Const. Joe Slemko is now the subject of an internal investigation for testifying, without Chief Mike Boyd’s permission, at the public inquiry into the death of 22-year-old Ian Bush inside the RCMP detachment at Houston, B.C. “This is an example of the Edmonton Police Service acting to protect another police officer, no matter what the evidence,” said Howard Rubin, the Bush family’s lawyer. “This is exactly the sort of behaviour that undermines the justice system and causes it to grind to a halt.”
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Edmonton police charge eight-year veteran with assault & uttering threatsPosted by: admin in News630 CHED EDMONTON – Just days after the Edmonton Police Service charged a relatively new officer with assault, related to a domestic incident, city police are laying charges against a constable with eight years of service. A police news release says this new case relates to an investigation of off duty officer in December 2005, initiated by a tip from another officer. 31-year-old Mike Wasylyshen is charged with three counts of assault and two counts of uttering threats. The fact Constable Wasylyshen is facing charges doesn’t come as a surprise to lawyer Tom Engel, who went up against Wasylyshen in court in the Randy Fryingpan case.
EDMONTON SUN City police have charged a veteran cop after an alleged assault almost two years ago. The charges stem from a December, 2005 off-duty incident, police said in a release. No other details were released. An investigation was initiated based on information relayed by another Edmonton police officer. Const. Mike Wasylyshen faces three counts of assault and two counts uttering threats. The eight-year veteran remains on active duty. His first court appearance is scheduled for September 07. Wasylyshen is the son of former police Chief Bob Wasylyshen.
EDMONTON JOURNAL EDMONTON — Edmonton Police Chief Mike Boyd will be forced to defend a controversial policy that bars one of his officers, a world-recognized expert in blood-spatter analysis, from testifying for the defence in criminal cases. The Edmonton Police Commission has asked Chief Boyd to appear before it today to explain why Const. Joe Slemko is allowed to testify for the prosecution, but not for the defence. Tuesday, the Edmonton Police Association, the union that represents rank and file officers, also threw its support firmly behind Const. Slemko.
CBC News The Edmonton police officer who testified last month at a British Columbia inquiry into an RCMP fatal shooting will face his third police service disciplinary hearing. Const. Joe Slemko, who works for the Edmonton Police Service and also owns a private forensics consulting firm, testified as a blood-spatter expert at an inquiry into the 2005 shooting of Ian Bush at the police detachment in Houston, B.C.
EDMONTON SUN A junior Edmonton police constable has been relegated to clerical duties after being charged with assault in relation to an off-duty incident earlier this month. Const. Donald Lawrence, 34, has been “reassigned to administrative duties,” Edmonton Police Service spokesman Karen Carlson said in a media release issued Friday. An EPS member for just 18 months, Lawrence was charged with assault following a “family-related incident” that occurred while he was off duty, Carlson said. No further details of the incident were made available. Lawrence is expected to appear in court Aug. 13.
EDMONTON JOURNAL EDMONTON – An assault charge against a city police officer was dismissed last week due to an administrative error. Complainant Raymond Anderson missed his chance to testify against Edmonton police Const. Jan Cichon at the July 4 trial because he was in a Calgary jail. A judge’s order telling jail officials to bring Anderson to Edmonton had gone astray. ASKED FOR ADJOURNMENT When it became apparent what had happened, Calgary Crown prosecutor Matthew Hinshaw asked Provincial court Judge Ian Kirkpatrick for an adjournment so Anderson could be brought to Edmonton to testify.
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