PRC Investigator Visits Medicine Hat in Police Misconduct Complaint
The Police Review Commission sent an investigator to Medicine Hat this week to interview witnesses in a misconduct complaint filed by two local journalists against Chief Alan Murphy and three MHPS officers.
City Committee Says No City Exempts Chalk - Edmonton Does
Medicine Hat's Governance Committee met on September 15 and decided not to change the graffiti bylaw. Staff said no other city distinguishes between permanent and temporary media. The Owl discovered otherwise.
Exclusive - Former Medicine Hat police inspector / Current MP calls cops on constituents
The protesters had hoped that their MP, their representative in Ottawa, would come out and speak with them, his constituents.
When he did not, about half of the protesters walked up three flights of stairs to Motz's office on the top floor…The Office called the police...
Exclusive - PRC Accepts Complaint Against Chief Murphy and MHPS Officers
Edit - one officer is no longer with MHPS so they have no jurisdiction over him. The Police Review Commission (PRC) has accepted jurisdiction over complaints filed against Chief Alan Murphy and three Medicine Hat Police Service officers…Below is the full text of the letter we received.
🎥 Updated With Interview - Chalk, Cops, and City Hall: A Costly Council Committee Circus
Geraldine…presented a case from 2020 about Ottawa police detaining people three separate times for writing messages in chalk on public sidewalks. In June of that year, a woman was detained for writing "Black Lives Matter" in chalk. Police threatened to charge her with mischief because she did not have permission. The very next day, Ottawa's mayor Jim Watson tweeted that his permission was not needed to chalk on the sidewalk.
