EDMONTON An Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officer has been charged with perjury after allegedly offering false testimony during court proceedings in January 2021. EPS Const. Lauren Skibinsky was originally charged with forgery, obstruction of justice and misconduct of an officer executing process of the Criminal Code in 2019. The constable, who has served nearly 20 years with EPS, was accused of writing the wrong date on multiple traffic tickets and correcting the date later, back in May of 2017. Those three charges were dismissed in January 2021 after court proceedings. EPS said in a statement Friday that once those court proceedings finished, they followed protocols and initiated an internal investigation by their professional standards branch. That internal investigation uncovered Skibinsky may have made untruthful statements in court while under oath, police said.
Edmonton city police officer charged with perjury after being cleared of forging traffic tickets
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Edmonton city police officer charged with perjury after being cleared of forging traffic tickets
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EDMONTON An Edmonton police officer has been found not guilty of forging dates on speeding tickets, but he now faces an internal review, as more details of the case come to light. Edmonton Police Service announced charges against its own Const. Lauren Skibinsky in June 2019. Those allegations included obstruction of justice, forgery, and misconduct of officer executing process of the Criminal Code. Alberta Justice confirms the case was tried in Calgary in January and Const. Skibinsky was found not guilty. CTV News Edmonton has learned the officer is now the subject of an internal investigation by the force’s Professional Standards Branch.