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Incident Title
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Youth victim cooperates with arrest, officer tases him despite cooperation
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Incident ID
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221199
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Incident Description
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On April 3, 2004, a 21 year old man was followed by police in a car chase through North Edmonton. He was stopped with spike belts and got out of the car at a run. Soon he surrendered and dropped on his stomach to the ground. He was approached by six officers, including Constable Wasylyshen, who kicked him in the head. A knee was placed on his back holding him down, bloodying his face. He was then tasered multiple times by several officers.While attempting to handcuff him, Wasylyshen broke and injured fingers on the victim's hand. At a cross-examination after the event, the court found Wasylyshen to have displayed a disturbing arrogance and an unwillingness to confront his mistakes. In a 2012 disciplinary hearing, Wasylyshen was found guilty of two counts of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority and insubordination.
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Incident Date
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11/05/2012
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Incident City
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Edmonton
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Type of Abuse
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Physical violence
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Injuries Incurred
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Taser burn marks;
Psychological trauma;
Broken fingers;
Injury to face resulting in bleeding
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Weapon used
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Taser;
Hands;
Knee
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Victim Gender
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Man
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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;
Frattin;
Bechthold;
Fox;
Sparreboom;
Maschmeyer;
Mitchell
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Officer Badge Number
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2138
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Court Cases
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R v Jara, 2006, Court of Queens Bench
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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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Collection
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Additional Details
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APMD original incident ID: i-FWmfGjN6fgncOT
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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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Unnecessary Exercise of Authority;
conducted energy weapon (taser);
insubordination;
Charter;
youth;
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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disciplinary hearing;
guilty
