Legal Issues In Policing
Legal Issues in Policing (LIIP) is the podcast blending the demands of the book with the rulings from the bench through the lens of the badge. Police Officers with a solid understanding of the law and their legal powers are more confident, competent and effective. Each episode will examine a legal issue in policing by reviewing current Canadian criminal case law from coast to coast to coast.
Legal Issues In Policing
E146| Police misconduct, McNeil & McKee. Lasting effects of an ‘expunged’ discipline record.
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In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision Edmonton Police Service v. McKee, 2026 SCC 24, where a police detective's expunged discipline record became an issue at trial. Did a provision in Alberta's Police Services Regulation removing a misconduct finding from an officer's disciplinary file also render the misconduct non-disclosable for criminal law purposes? Or did the expunged record still need to be disclosed by Crown to the accused because it may have been relevant to the detective's credibility, reliability or conduct during the investigation?
See also:
- R. v. McNeil, 2009 SCC 3
- R. v. Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 SCR 326
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