Rick Hanson

• Alberta creates provincial parole board to handle eligibility, conditions, repeat offenders

  Alberta joins Quebec and Ontario with parole boards for provincial offenders, who are convicted of offences that draw less than two years in prison.

  Crime

  Jan 28, 2021
  
• Former Calgary police chief Rick Hanson tells Law Enforcement Review Board body-worn cameras are ‘critical’

  The inquiry is focusing on whether there was proper oversight of the disciplinary process regarding two officers charged following an ASIRT investigation.

  Crime

  Apr 19, 2018
  
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• Pot-tax warning from Alberta business group: ‘We don’t want to reinforce the black market’

  An Alberta business group warns Ottawa to be careful with its proposed tax on pot.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2017
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• Group promoting legal pot industry includes 2 former Alberta cabinet ministers

  Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, former culture minister Lindsay Blackett and former Calgary police chief Rick Hanson are part of a group that is working to promote the legal recreational marijuana industry.

  Consumer

  Nov 7, 2017
• Calgary police will soon have new arrest-processing unit

  Discussions have been ongoing for years, but on Tuesday, city council approved the land-use change to allow for a new arrest-processing unit for Calgary police.

  Crime

  Sep 12, 2017
• Calgary not considering help from Edmonton in potential Olympic bid

  It looks like any participation of Edmonton playing a secondary role in a Calgary 2026 Winter Olympics bid is off the table.

  Politics

  May 2, 2017
• Committee needs to do more number crunching before it decides on Calgary Olympic bid

  The Calgary Bid Exploration Committee says it needs to do more drilling into the numbers before it decides whether vying to hold the 2026 Winter Olympics is worthwhile.

  Canada

  May 1, 2017
• Calgary launches 2026 Olympic exploration bid website; million-dollar hosting plan underway

  A potential bid may not face a lot of competition. Quebec City and Boston dropped out last year. No other cities in North America are in the running, so Calgary could be a shoo-in. But at what cost?

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2017
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• Integrity in policing and body-worn cameras on agenda at Calgary Police Commission meeting

  Calgary police will be discussing integrity in policing and body-worn cameras at a public meeting on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Oct 25, 2016
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• Calgary police continue to reform workplace culture after harassment claims

  A workplace review report from November 2013 commissioned by former police chief Rick Hanson uncovered over 60 complaints from CPS employees claiming they were subject to bullying, sexual harassment and intimidation.

  Oct 24, 2016