Edmonton Police Watch

Edmonton Sun

A city police officer has lost his bid to throw out the disciplinary charges he faces.

In a decision this morning, a presiding officer rejected a request by Const. Sebastien Berube to quash the case and ordered the hearing to continue with testimony in May.

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AOL SPORTS

Along with Ty Conklin and the Carolina Hurricanes, Kristin Wilson is someone whose memories of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals are unforgettable. On June 18, 2006 — after the Oilers won Game 6 of that series on home ice — Wilson joined hundreds of revelers on Whyte Avenue. Police had instituted a zero-tolerance policy after some rowdy celebrations during the postseason. Wilson, now 21, claims that she was caught up in that policy: Asked by an Edmonton officer to get on a bus where unruly and inebriated fans were being detained — though not necessarily arrested — she said she was physically assaulted by Const. Shane Connor, knocking her to the ground and bloodying her face. The incident — captured in an infamous photography in the Edmonton Journal — was the catalyst for a civil suit filed by Wilson against the Edmonton police for more than $6 million, and an ongoing police disciplinary hearing.

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Edmonton Journal

An Edmonton police officer has been cleared of one of the two misconduct charges stemming from a headline-making arrest of a Whyte Avenue reveller during the Stanley Cup playoffs two years ago.

A charge of using inappropriate force when taking Kristin Wilson to the ground still stands, but an allegation Const. Shane Connor used profanity at the same time was dropped.

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Canada.com

EDMONTON – Journeyman electrician Herve Dubois says he sat on his couch and watched at least three police officers push open his door and follow his troubled nephew into the kitchen.

Dubois kept sitting there until he heard the young man cry out, “Uncle, this ain’t right. They need a warrant to be in the house.”

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