Posted: Mar 08, 2021 2:00 AM MT | Last Updated: March 8
In December, Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips received documents from a request made under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, which show that five different Lethbridge police officers searched her name on a police database in 2018. (Dave Rae/CBC News )
CALGARY The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has launched an investigation into potentially unauthorized uses of police databases by members of the Lethbridge Police Service. Officials were notified Feb. 1 that the results of a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) request had revealed a number of potentially unauthorized searches of the name and related files of an individual. The searches were done between January 2018 and November 2018. ASIRT’s investigation will examine the instances where the databases were accessed, and seek to determine whether these activities were conducted for a lawful purpose, read a release. Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips has confirmed to CTV News she was the subject of the searches.
Lethbridge MLA targeted in unauthorized surveillance wins right to appeal officers punishment
Alberta s Law Enforcement Review Board has ruled in former NDP cabinent minister Shannon Phillips s favour, saying the process by the police chief lacked procedural fairness and transparency.
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Posted: Feb 03, 2021 4:50 PM MT | Last Updated: February 3
Shannon Phillips, MLA for Lethbridge-West, was surveilled by two Lethbridge police officers in 2017 when she was the environment minister in the NDP government.(Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
Phillips granted complainant status against two officers who conducted an unauthorized surveillance
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By Lethbridge Herald on February 2, 2021.
Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips speaks with reporters at her constituency office last year when she launched LERB appeal. Herald photo by Ian Martens @
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Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips has been granted complainant status in a case against two Lethbridge Police Service officers who undertook an unauthorized surveillance against her when she was Minister of the Environment under the former NDP government.
The decision was posted on the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) website this week following Phillips’ hearing on Jan. 22. Phillips had appealed the disciplinary decision on the basis she was not included in the original hearing against the officers despite being the source of the complaint investigation against the officers.
2020 year in review: July
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Kainai Senior Princess Katana Fox and Echo First Rider perform a traditional dance as Premier Jason Kenney, along with dignitaries and first responders, watch in the background during a recovery communities announcement in Standoff. Herald file photo by Ian Martens
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The Herald takes a look back at the Lethbridge stories that made headlines in 2020 in a month by month series running through this week to New Year’s Eve
Province to twin portion of Hwy. 3 The Kenney government announced it would be spending $150 million over the next three years to twin Highway 3 between Taber and Burdett as part of its stimulus efforts for southern Alberta.