Steiger receives 18 month suspended sentence (CHATNEWSTODAY image)

By Brian Konrad

Internal disciplinary review to follow conviction

City police officer guilty of assault

Sep 2, 2022 | 9:37 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB — The Medicine Hat Police Service will assess the verdict of guilty on a charge of assault against one of their own.

Const. Myles Steiger was found guilty of assault in connect with an off-duty incident in April of last year.

He received an 18-month suspended sentence.

On April 18, 2021, the MHPS was informed of an event from the night before, where an off-duty officer was involved in an altercation with a youth he did not know.

An investigation determined that around 10 p.m. on April 17, 2021, a youth knocked on the door of the officer’s home and then ran off.

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Steiger left his residence and encountered another youth nearby, where the altercation took place.

The 12-year member of the police service has been on administrative duty since June of last year.

An internal disciplinary process under the Police Act will determine whether further measures are appropriate.