A veritable potpourri of injustices committed against Winnipeg citizens under Ewatski's watch

Ewatski writes to injusticebusters | Loren Schinkel: Ewatski's right hand man? | Monique Turenne: How far did Winnipeg police break the law to suck up to U.S. authorities to frame her for murder in Florida courts? | Kevin Tokarchuk | James Driskell | Richard Klassen announces intended move to Winnipeg |

Moving up the ranks in a corrupt organization

Jim Thiessen (shown left) was part of an international women's day feature on CBC's The National in 2004.

He explained to the reporter the difficulties police face in cold cases of murdered street women.

Thiessen is the same cop who accompanied Loren Schinkel on his illegal apprehension of Monique Turenne. Schinkel and Thiessen took Turenne to the Public Safety Building and interrogated her for nine hours. They used the Reid technique and were still unable to extract a confession. So Schinkel manufactured an 8 page document and forged Turenne's signature on it. This forged document was presented at a secret Grand Jury hearing in Florida along with an affidavit from Schinkel attesting to its authenticity.

Both Schinkel and Thiessen regularly appear on television to speak for the police. Ewatski has covered for his two corrupt officers. He wrote to injusticebusters suggesting we were defaming them. Yet he did not respond to a letter from Monique Turenne's father which outlined specific complaints about the treatment of his daughter.

Ewatski signs new five-year contract

By Bruce Owen, Winnipeg Free Press, April 7th, 2004

IT took awhile, but Police Chief Jack Ewatski and the City of Winnipeg have finally agreed on a new contract that will see him stay on the job until December 2008.

"I still feel I have something to accomplish in this role," Ewatski said yesterday. "There are more things I want to accomplish."

Ewatski, 52, said he wants to continue re-organizing the police service to make it more effective and efficient and work toward establishing new police buildings in the city's suburbs under the new four-district model.

"I'd like to be around to cut the ribbon," Ewatski said.

Currently, the 1,200-member police service is extending its community policing project to put more beat officers and traffic enforcement in more neighbourhoods. It is also expanding the arrest processing unit, which will reduce paperwork required of front-line officers. As well, plans are in the works to streamline management.

Under the four-district model, police will reduce their operating districts from six to four and build three new police stations in east Winnipeg, the north end and south Winnipeg at a cost of about $16.5 million over the next few years. As well, city hall is studying a plan to create a permanent 911 backup centre. The 911 call centre is housed at the Public Safety Building, but it must move out sometime in the next two years as work begins to replace the Tyndall facade of the PSB.

Ewatski also said he wants to continue getting more resources for front-line officers and making sure those units have appropriate manpower. Police are currently being trained on a new internal computer system and officers will shortly be equipped with new Taser stun guns.

Ewatski wouldn't comment on the details of his new five-year contract, but said the compensation package is in keeping with what other police chiefs get in Canada.

A 2002 civic document lists Ewatski's salary at $149,249.46.

In a statement yesterday, Mayor Glen Murray said Winnipeg, "like all large cities, will continue to face challenges in fighting crime. Chief Ewatski has been a great partner and leader in building a safer city. I am very pleased he will continue to give us solid leadership.

bruce.owen@freepress.mb.ca

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Index to Saskatoon Police stories

This is a pretty good scrapbook for the 1998-2002 period.

Hatchen and Munson: These two drove Darrell Night to the edge of Saskatoon on a freezing January night in 2000. They were found guilty of unlawful confinement, did some time and are acknowledged by the Saskatoon Police Service for each having served for 17 years. The Police Association stood by them and paid for their defence until they were convicted. Only then were they fired.

An incredible, long series on abusive cops in the Seattle Post-Intelligence

 

Washington Post series on false confessions

 

 

Ontario: Dylan Chochla

Keigo Glen White

John Chalmers

 

 

"Expert" testimony

Reid Technique

Clayton Johnson

Monique Turenne

James Driskell

Vancouver police

Winnipeg police

Canadians who have been wrongfully convicted because of improper investigations combined with zealous Crown

Robert Baltovich

Sebastian Burns

Jason Dix

Jim Driskell

Jody Druken

Randy Druken

Michel Dumont

Walter Gillespie and Robert Mailman

Clayton Johnson

Yvonne Johnson

Herman Kaglik | Kulaveeringsam "Kulam" Karthiresu

Donald Marshall |Chris McCullough

Michael McTaggart

Felix Michaud

David Milgaard

Guy Paul Morin

Shannon Murrin

Jamie Nelson

Greg Parsons

Rafay, Atif

Louise Reynolds

Thomas Sophonow

Gary Staples

Steven Truscott

Joe Warren

Leon Walchuk

 

AIDWYC

Innocence Project (Canada)

Innocence Project (U.S.)

Northwest Law Center on Wrongful Convictions

 

NEW: Kirstin Lobato

Jeffrey Scott Hornoff

Willie Upshaw

Hurricane Carter

Guildford 4

Birmingham 6

Amirault

Houston

More U.S. wrongful convictions:

Peter Rose

Clifford St. Joseph

John Stoll

Ludrate Burton

Albert Johnson

Stephen Cowans

Laurence Adams

Peter Reilly

Marty Tankleff |

 

Nfld Defamation story:

Wanda Young

Racism in the Federal Civil Service