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By The Canadian Press

Police surveillance

Target of Lethbridge police surveillance stunned at revelations

Jul 15, 2020 | 10:20 AM

BANFF – A well-known conservationist who met with an Alberta cabinet minister at a diner says he’s stunned two police officers did unauthorized surveillance before one followed his vehicle.

Harvey Locke and his wife were two of four people who met with former environment minister Shannon Phillips at the Chef Stella Diner in Lethbridge in April 2017.

He says his, “eyes just about fell into his coffee cup” at breakfast yesterday when he was listening to a story on the radio.

It was about the disciplinary hearing for Sergeant Jason Carrier and Constable Keon Woronuk.

The two police officers admitted that they had not been authorized to watch Phillips while she met with people to discuss a new park in the Castle region in the province’s southwest.

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The plan included restricting off-road vehicles in the environmentally sensitive area.

The hearing notes say both officers had a shared interest in off-roading.

Locke says it’s not illegal to love nature or create parks in Alberta.

The two officers have been demoted for a year.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2020

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