Saskatchewan

Prince Albert police officer fired, reinstated, firing upheld

Patrick Robin was first fired in 2009 for trying to prosecute a ticket himself. He successfully appealed the firing and was reinstated, but now the police chief says the Police Commission is upholding his firing.

Patrick Robin was first fired in 2009 for trying to prosecute a ticket himself

The Prince Albert Police Chief says former constable Patrick Robin is no longer with the police service after he was fired in 2009, reinstated in 2011, and now the decision over his initial firing has been upheld again in 2015. ((CBC))

The matter of former police constable Patrick Robin's employment has been decided for the third time in six years. 

The Prince Albert Police officer who decided to take the law into his own hands was fired, reinstated, and now the police chief says the Saskatchewan Police Commission is upholding the initial decision to fire him in 2009. 

Robin issued a ticket for erratic driving in 2009, but the Crown prosecutor didn't believe the case would succeed in court and decided not to go through with it. Robin tried to prosecute the matter himself.

When the city's police chief at the time, Dale McFee, heard about it, Robin was dismissed. But Robin appealed that decision and it became the subject of a lengthy hearing in 2010. The hearing officer found Robin's firing went too far and he was reinstated and penalized with a nine-month suspension without pay.

Now, Prince Albert Police say the Saskatchewan Police Commission has decided the initial decision to fire Robin in 2009 was justified. The commission expects to post its decision online this week. 

The current Prince Albert police chief, Troy Cooper, said in a release on Friday he is considering the matter concluded and Robin is no longer with the police.