WATCH: A video of Regina Police Officer Robert Power kicking a suspect during an arrest back in 2012 has been obtained from the court.
REGINA – A video of Regina Police Officer Robert Power kicking a suspect during an arrest back in 2012 has been obtained from the court.
Power initially was charged with assault after he kicked Edward Stonechild in May of 2012 outside a detox centre, then lied about it in his reports. The Regina Police Service fired Power after he was charged.
Power was found guilty back in February of 2014 for Assault Causing Bodily Harm for kicking the intoxicated man.
However, a Queen’s Bench judge reviewed the case and overturned the conviction in November of 2014. The video was shown at the trial, but only released this week by a judge.
“It was deemed appropriate use of force under the circumstances and those were the findings of both the courts to date and the hearing officer. So, it has been reviewed extensively,” said Regina Police Chief Troy Hagen in response to the video being released.
“I can’t emphasize enough that in any healthy and functioning democracy that we support our courts.”
Power was fired from the Regina Police Service but reinstated in May 2014, with the provision of a 13 month suspension. He returned to work in December.
No date has yet been set for the Crown’s appeal.
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