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Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 2 days ago • 2 minute read • Const. Marty Franco, seen during a police training exercise in 2009. Franco pleaded guilty to three counts of misconduct under the Police Act this month related his 2017 arrest of an intoxicated man at Edmonton s City Centre Mall. Photo by Greg Southam Greg Southam /00036047A
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An Edmonton city police officer has been handed a pay cut and 60 hours of community service after admitting to dragging a homeless man along the ground during an arrest at City Centre Mall.
Const. Marty Franco admitted to professional misconduct for his role in the Dec. 10, 2017 arrest at a hearing last month.
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Publishing date: Mar 05, 2021 • March 5, 2021 • 3 minute read • Det. Paul Kelly was head of a crime scene investigation unit tasked with processing a homicide scene at 11119 94 Street, beginning Sept. 13, 2017. Blayne Burnstick was shot and killed in the basement of the home on Sept. 12, 2017, while Nexhmi Nuhi was shot in retaliation the following day. The initial search failed to locate Burnstick s body. Postmedia, file
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An Edmonton city police detective is facing disciplinary charges related to the search of a homicide scene in which a man’s body went undiscovered for four days.
Det. Paul Kelly was head of a crime scene investigation unit tasked with processing a homicide scene at 11119 94 St., beginning Sept. 13, 2017.
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Publishing date: Jan 21, 2021 • January 21, 2021 • 3 minute read • Thomas Swaffield said police used excessive force when they arrested him outside a Whyte Avenue convenience store Aug. 5, 2017. The presiding officer at a disciplinary hearing found the force used was not excessive after concluding Swaffield punched the officer and tried to grab his weapons. Swaffield denies doing either. Photo by supplied
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Edmonton city police officers who took a man to the ground on Whyte Avenue three years ago did not use excessive force, a disciplinary hearing has found.
Thomas Swaffield, 28, says an officer repeatedly kneed him in the head after dropping him to the pavement outside a Mac’s convenience store on Aug. 5, 2017.