A police officer who failed to report a colleague who improperly targeted a former provincial cabinet minister should be fired, given procedural flaws in the disciplinary process that resulted in lesser punishment, the politician’s lawyer says.
Ms. Phillips was initially kept in the dark about the allegations and related hearing after Mr. Woronuk tailed one of her dining companions and conducted an improper licence-plate search on his vehicle in April, 2017. Mr. Carrier, an LPS sergeant and one of Mr. Woronuk’s friends, learned of the illegal search but did not report it.
“He saw this as legitimate police work – identical to targeting Hells Angels, drug dealers and pedophiles for traffic enforcement,” Mr. Bates said of Mr. Woronuk. “He did not make any distinction between the targeting of people suspected of being involved in unlawful activities and the targeting of people involved in lawful, political activities that he disagreed with.”
None of the allegations have been tested in court. The lawyer representing Mr. Woronuk on this file did not return a message seeking comment. Mr. Woronok, who has since resigned, is among the LPS officers also accused ofMeanwhile, Mr. Carrier’s lawyer, Dan Scott, said if the punishment is to be overturned, the case must start from scratch. Admissions and concessions in the agreed statement of facts, he said, were tied directly to Mr. Carrier’s plea agreement.
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