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Incident Title
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22-year-old on crutches assaulted by off duty police officer
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Incident ID
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221184
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Incident Description
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On December 18th, 2005 early in the morning, the victim was hailing a cab with his crutch. He had recently undergone knee surgery. Officer Wasylyshen and some colleagues were off-duty and drinking, and had just gotten out of a cab. Wasylyshen noticed the individual and started to verbally attack him (calling him a "cripple"). In return the victim yelled back. Wasylyshen approached the victim and struck him with a closed fist in the left ear. Wasylyshen's friends held him back after this. The victim then called two friends, who arrived shortly after. The group of three crossed the street. Wasylyshen followed them, there was a violent exchange between Wasylyshen and the victim's two friends, in which the friends pinned the police officer to the ground. At this point two loss prevention officers from a 7-11 decided to get involved. While they were separating the group, Wasylyshen uttered threats to the officers and struck one of them.
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Incident Date
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12/18/2005
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Incident City
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Edmonton
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Incident Neighbourhood
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Strathcona
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Type of Abuse
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Physical violence;
Threat of violence
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Victim Gender
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Man
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Victim Disabilities
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Had knee surgery and used crutches
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Victim Sexual Orientation
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Not listed
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Authority Involved
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Edmonton Police Service
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Officer Name
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Michael Wasylyshen
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Officer Badge Number
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2138
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Court Cases
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R v Wasylyshen, 2009
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Submission Source
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External Database Import
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Submission Source Affiliation
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Collection
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Additional Details
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APMD original incident ID: i-S4iOZ8lImbFSEC
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Multimedia Type
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PDF
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Archive Publication Date
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August 9, 2022
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Archive Last Update
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August 9, 2022
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Tags
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assault;
threats;
discreditable conduct;
Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Confidentiality/Restrictions
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From published source
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Complaint Resolution
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Wasylyshen pleaded guilty and was given a fine. In his workplace he was suspended without pay for 100 hours.
charged;
guilty;
disciplinary hearing;
fine;
reprimand;
suspended without pay
