Regina police officer caught committing 67 privacy breaches using police database
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Regina police disciplined an officer for repeatedly accessing personal data of six citizens without authorization 67 times throughout the course of three years.
The Regina Police Service (RPS) has disciplined an officer who repeatedly accessed the personal information of six individuals without authorization for more than three years.
The breaches occurred between October 2021 and June 2024 in the RPS information system.
Over the three-year period, the officer accessed the personal information of six citizens, including a former partner, the former partner’s sibling, and the former partner’s previous partner, 67 times.
The OIPC report released Dec. 11 described the breaches as “intentional and wilful” and found that RPS’s disciplinary measures were insufficient to restore public trust.
Chief Lorilee Davies addressed the issue at a news conference on Dec. 18, emphasizing the seriousness of the misconduct.
“It’s my expectation that this is not a normal action, it’s not behaviour we condone or support. I take this very seriously; our administration takes this very seriously,” Davies said.
Disciplinary actions for the officer included one day without pay, re-taking a privacy training course, re-signing the RPS confidentiality protocol, and undergoing random audits of the IEIS database for two years.
Davies said that, “We have humans that work here and sometimes they make mistakes.”
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