LETHBRIDGE An internal investigation into the Lethbridge Police Service s response to a firearms incident on May 4, 2020 is now complete and the officers involved will not be disciplined. That s the determination made by LPS Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh in connection with the incident where a group of police officers forcibly arrested the employee of a local café that was celebrating Star Wars Day. According to a report, conducted by the Medicine Hat Police Service, police received two separate emergency calls about a stormtrooper, a fictional character from the science fiction series, walking around with what appeared to be a gun.
Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh speaks during a news conference in Lethbridge, Alta., on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Three Lethbridge officers have been cleared of misconduct after a restaurant worker in a “Star Wars storm-trooper costume and carrying a plastic gun was forced to the ground and ended up with a bloody nose. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Rossiter
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Three southern Alberta police officers have been cleared of misconduct after a restaurant worker in a “Star Wars” storm-trooper costume and carrying a plastic gun ended up with a bloody nose when she was forced to the ground.
The Lethbridge officers had already been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing for the arrest in May 2020, but were being investigated by the Medicine Hat Police Service for professional misconduct under Alberta’s Police Act.
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The Lethbridge officers had already been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing for the arrest in May 2020, but were being investigated by the Medicine Hat Police Service for professional misconduct under Albertaâs Police Act.
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âThere is no doubt that this incident was extremely stressful for the woman involved as she likely did not understand what was happening and was not able to see or communicate well through her helmet,â Lethbridge police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh said in a statement Wednesday.
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The Lethbridge officers had already been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing for the arrest in May 2020, but were being investigated by the Medicine Hat Police Service for professional misconduct under Albertaâs Police Act.
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âThere is no doubt that this incident was extremely stressful for the woman involved as she likely did not understand what was happening and was not able to see or communicate well through her helmet,â Lethbridge police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh said in a statement Wednesday.
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