Saskatoon Police Service

Infobox Police Department
name = Saskatoon Police Service

motto =
established = 1907
jurisdiction = Municipal
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non-sworn =
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chief = Clive Weighill
website = www.police.saskatoon.sk.ca/

Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) is the municipal police force in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Police Chief Clive Weighill is currently the head of the force.

History

In 1882 the Royal North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established a detachment in Saskatoon. In 1889, Constable Clisby of the NWMP was established as Saskatoon's first permanent police officer.

In 1907 Robert E. Dunning was made the first Chief of Police in the City of Saskatoon. In 1910 the first Rules and Regulations of the Saskatoon Police Department were approved.

Inquiries

Accusations against the Saskatoon Police Service have resulted in public inquiries. One such inquiry is presently taking place (as of July 2006) and involves the investigation into the murder of a nursing student in Saskatoon in 1969. David Milgaard was convicted of this murder but was later cleared of this charge through DNA evidence which was unavailable at the time of his trial.

Another such incident occurred on November 25, 1990 when Neil Stonechild, a First Nations person died of hypothermia. A finding of this inquiry was that Stonechild had been in police custody on the evening of November 25. Two officers were dismissed from the Saskatoon Police Service for their alleged involvement in this matter. No charges have been laid in the death of Neil Stonechild. Their dismissal is presently under review and new evidence was recently presented (2007) suggesting that a criminal interested in preventing Stonechild from testifying against him was responsible.

As seen in the documentary, Two Worlds Colliding, "on the night of 28 January, 2000, Darrell Night, an Aboriginal man leaves a party that is getting out of hand. He does not get far before he is picked up by two policemen. Night tells the police that he has done nothing wrong. They do not care, and, after some verbal abuse, he is driven out of the city, told to get out of the car and left to fend for himself. That night it was -20°C. Fortunately for Night, he finds a power station and is able to get in out of the cold. However, Rodney Naistus and Lawrence Wegner were not so fortunate. Both Aboriginal, were found frozen to death near the area where Night was taken." This led to two Saskatoon Police officers discharged and jailed. They were found innocent of assault, but guilty of Police Misconduct. They were sentenced 8 months, but let out after 4.

ee also

*Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections

References

* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-74-713/people/milgaard/ The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard (2006)] . "CBC.ca". Accessed July 9, 2006.
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/stonechild/ CBC News Indepth: Neil Stonechild (November 3, 2005)] . "CBC.ca". Accessed July 9, 2006.
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/03/23/police-chief.html/ Dog incident (March 23, 2007)] "CBC.ca". Accessed March 23, 2006.
* [https://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol13/no13/twoworlds.html CM Magazine, Two Worlds Colliding (February, 2006)] . "Umanitoba.ca". Accessed October 3, 2007.

External links

* [http://www.police.saskatoon.sk.ca Saskatoon Police Service]