Calgary Police Service's lawsuit against former HR boss settled with consent injunction

Meghan Grant · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 4:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago

The Calgary Police Service and its erstwhile caput of quality resources reached an out-of-court colony this week, 9 months aft a justice recovered Angela Whitney "misused confidential CPS accusation and made disparaging comments astir CPS and its personnel."

Whitney, who served arsenic HR manager from 2019 until her resignation successful 2021, consented to a imperishable injunction bid that volition forestall her from posting backstage CPS accusation oregon derogatory nationalist statements astir the work and its employees. 

In aboriginal 2024, 3 years aft she near CPS, Whitney posted a bid of scathing comments astir the service, alleging it was "rife with harassment, bullying and discrimination." 

She besides posted details of circumstantial HR investigations and threatened to merchandise further confidential information. 

CPS 'pleased' with settlement

In March 2024, the work sued Whitney, seeking a imperishable injunction and ineligible costs. As portion of the consent agreement, neither broadside volition beryllium awarded costs. 

In a connection provided to CBC News, CPS said it is "pleased" with the effect and the information it was capable to debar further tribunal action. 

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The service also says it is committed to advancing HR betterment wrong the service. 

"As we person stated from the commencement of this matter, the precedence of the Calgary Police Service has been to support the confidentiality and privateness of CPS employees," reads the statement.

"We proceed to bash the indispensable and important enactment to physique spot successful our quality resources processes truthful that our radical consciousness they tin rise concerns safely."

Whitney's lawyer has not responded to a petition for comment. 

$60,000 severance agreement 

Some of Whitney's posts revealed accusation astir circumstantial HR investigations she'd been progressive with, a determination the work said was successful breach of her resignation agreement.

Justice Glenda Campbell issued a impermanent injunction successful June, uncovering "Whitney misused confidential CPS accusation and made disparaging comments astir CPS and its personnel."

At that time, Whitney was ordered to region the posts from each societal media platforms. 

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She was besides banned from making nationalist statements that were successful usurpation of her 2021 severance agreement. 

The statement was signed aft Whitney emailed co-workers portion connected aesculapian permission successful March 2021, saying she wanted to resign. 

She requested 4 months of severance wage — $60,000 — which CPS agreed to pay. 

No ailment filed with constabulary commission

Whitney signed a confidentiality statement prohibiting her from disclosing accusation from constabulary work HR matters and besides prevented her from disparaging the service. 

After CPS filed its lawsuit, Whitney claimed the statement was forced connected her, but Justice Campbell recovered she'd been fixed the accidental to reappraisal the document, petition changes and question ineligible advice. 

Before launching its tribunal challenge, CPS sent 2 letters to Whitney, asking that she region the problematic comments from societal media. 

Both CPS and Campbell suggested Whitney instrumentality her concerns to the Calgary Police Commission (CPC), the constabulary service's governing body. 

Last March, the CPC announced a third-party reappraisal of workplace conditions wrong the constabulary section pursuing Whitney's nationalist comments.

The constabulary committee confirms it has met with Whitney but says a ceremonial ailment has not been filed.