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Lethbridge police are coming under fire again for officer misconduct, having suspended another service member over allegations of evidence mishandling.
The Lethbridge Police Service said during the course of another investigation of which there are multiple pending by Alberta’s police watchdog “information was received regarding the potential mishandling of possible evidence” by a Lethbridge officer.
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Alberta’s Serious Incident Response Team has been directed to investigate the matter. The Lethbridge force is also conducting an internal misconduct investigation under the Police Act and police service regulation, which will be released after the ASIRT investigation is complete.
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