Lethbridge police suspend five employees pending professional misconduct hearing

By 660 NEWS Staff

Posted Mar 16, 2021 6:10 am.

LETHBRIDGE – Police in Lethbridge have suspended five employees with pay pending the results of a professional misconduct hearing.

The police service said to protect the integrity of the process, it cannot discuss the names of those being investigated or the nature of the probe, only that it stems from something that happened in 2018.

WATCH: Lethbridge police chief responds to investigation

The suspensions come after the province’s police watchdog launched a separate investigation into whether a local politician’s privacy was violated.

It’s alleged that five Lethbridge officers and one civilian employee made multiple database checks on NDP MLA Shannon Phillips while she was environment minister.

In discussing the privacy allegations last week, police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh warned that other, unrelated complaints of police misconduct would be coming forward.

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