An investigation has been launched into allegations of inappropriate behaviour by a senior member of the Regina police.
CTV News has learned that the officer has been accused of using police resources to identify an anonymous tipster on behalf of a local community organization.
Andrea MacMurray is the mother of two young girls enrolled in the Regina Optimist Dolphin Swim Club. She pays over $1,000 a month in swim fees, and last year MacMurray became alarmed when the club went months without posting financial statements.
Stymied for answers from the board, MacMurray anonymously faxed the Dolphin's auditor about her concerns.
A few weeks later, she was confronted by the swim club's director about a surveillance video of her sending the fax at the Cornwall Centre.
MacMurray and her two daughters were kicked out of the swim club.
“I went to the Cornwall mall and I sent a fax,” MacMurray said. “I wasn’t really expecting to be filmed and that that video would be made available to the swim club.”
The encounter raised questions about how the swim club got its hands on the surveillance video.
MacMurray went to the privacy commissioner and they made an unexpected discovery – a police officer obtained the video.
She then filed a complaint with the Public Complaints Commission, accusing the officer of improper disclosure of information and neglect of duty for allegedly failing to properly account for seized property.
MacMurray also accused the officer of discreditable conduct for allegedly misrepresenting an investigation and putting misleading statements in a police report.
The Public Complaints Commission's findings were presented to Regina Police Chief Troy Hagen two weeks ago, and have not yet been made public. He has yet to make a decision in the matter.
The president of the Dolphin swim club declined to comment, saying it’s a “private” matter.
Based on a report by CTV Regina’s Dale Hunter
