Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips. (Photo: CHAT News Today)
Court rules Lethbridge MLA can appeal part of disciplinary decision for officer
Jun 1, 2022 | 9:38 AM
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CALGARY, AB – The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled an MLA can ask for a review on whether provincial rules allow for a presiding officer to temporarily demote a police officer.
Shannon Phillips, who represents Lethbridge-West for the Opposition NDP, has said two officers from the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) should be fired after they admitted to unauthorized surveillance on her when she was a provincial cabinet minister in 2017.
One of the officers was demoted from senior constable to first-class constable for two years, later resigning, and the other was reduced in rank to senior constable from sergeant for one year.
She appealed the penalty decisions from a disciplinary hearing to the Law Enforcement Review Board.
