Edmonton police officer charged with utilizing extreme power in 2019 arrest

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An Edmonton police officer has been charged with utilizing extreme power throughout a 2019 arrest following an investigation by Alberta’s police watchdog.

The Alberta Critical Incident Response Crew (ASIRT) on Wednesday introduced Const. Alexander Doduk is dealing with expenses of assault with a weapon and assault inflicting bodily hurt associated to an incident on Nov. 26, 2019.

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Based on ASIRT, Doduk arrested a person that day and is accused of utilizing extreme power, together with with a baton.

“Proof gathered throughout ASIRT’s investigation offered affordable grounds to imagine that an offence had been dedicated,” a information launch stated. “As required by the Police Act, the investigation was forwarded to the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) to find out whether or not the proof met the usual for prosecution.”

“Following a evaluate of the investigation and having been suggested that the proof met the ACPS’s normal for prosecution, ASIRT govt director Michael Ewenson decided that the officer needs to be charged.”

Doduk is predicted to make a primary look on the Alberta court docket of justice in Edmonton on Oct. 11.

Doduk can be named in a 2022 lawsuit from the household of Steven Nguyen, who was shot to dying by police on June 5, 2021. An announcement of defence from Chief Dale McFee stated Doduk fired six photographs at Nguyen after he allegedly brandished an object, later decided to be a telephone.  

Nguyen’s dying can be the topic of an ASIRT investigation. The company is tasked with investigating instances through which persons are killed or severely injured by cops, in addition to severe allegations of police misconduct.

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