Winnipeg councillor Ross Eadie no longer suspended from police board

WINNIPEG — The verdict is in. Councillor Ross Eadie is no longer suspended from the Winnipeg Police Board after spending a night in the drunk tank more than two months ago.

READ MORE: Winnipeg councillor Ross Eadie reacts to being suspended from police board

Councillor Eadie was being investigated by board members after a drunken night out on November 7. The board asked Eadie not to return to its monthly meetings until an internal inquiry was done into his conduct that night.

The outcome of the inquiry was released Monday, and said Eadie “did not compromise the integrity of the Board”.

“After considering the relevant information before the Board, which had been provided to Councillor Eadie in advance of the meeting, and his responses to that information and to the Board members’ questions, the Board determined that Councillor Eadie has not breached the Code, in that his conduct did not discredit or compromise the integrity of the Board,” the Winnipeg Police Board said in a statement.

After the suspension announcement, Eadie refused to resign from the police board and said he was willing to fight to remain a member. Transcona councillor Russ Wyatt called the suspension a “witch hunt”.

READ MORE: Winnipeg Councillor Russ Wyatt calls Eadie’s suspension a “witch hunt”

The board said the issue was not that that Councillor Eadie spent the night at the Main Street Project, instead it was what he said and how he acted, something Eadie doesn’t remember.