Abbotsford officer gets conditional sentence for breach of trust
Christopher Nicholson remains suspended without pay, police say
The Abbotsford Police Department says one of its own has been handed a conditional sentence for breach of trust.
Christopher Nicholson pleaded guilty to a single count of breach of trust in Sept. 2017, the department said in a release.
On Friday, it said, he was sentenced to a 17-month conditional sentence for that offence.
Nicholson was charged with multiple counts of breach of trust, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to traffic drugs in May 2013 following an eight-month undercover investigation by Vancouver police.
Vancouver's then-chief of police, Jim Chu, said at the time that the operation was initially based on allegations that an officer was providing false information to his colleagues, who used the information to obtain search warrants.
Abbotsford Police Department Chief Constable Bob Rich called the matter a difficult and lengthy process for his department.
Police say Nicholson remains suspended without pay.
With files from The Canadian Press