Regina police Chief Farooq Sheikh suspended after public complaint

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The Regina Board of Police Commissioners has confirmed Regina Police Service Chief Farooq Sheikh has been suspended with wage aft a ailment was made by a subordinate of the public.

No details connected the quality of the ailment person been released

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 04, 2025 1:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

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Regina Police Service Chief Farooq Sheikh has been suspended with pay. (CBC/Radio-Canada)

Regina Police Service Chief Farooq Sheikh has been suspended from work aft a ailment was made by a subordinate of the public.

In a Friday statement, the Regina Board of Police Commissioners confirmed Sheikh has been suspended with pay, arsenic required nether the Police Act.

Details astir the quality of the ailment were not made public.

The committee says the Public Complaints Commission is reviewing the ailment and investigating.

"The Board of Police Commissioners takes complaints earnestly and has a work to support nationalist assurance successful the Regina Police Service portion the PCC investigates," a connection signed by committee seat Yashu Bither said.

The Public Complaints Commission is simply a five-person, non-police assemblage appointed by the provincial government.

Deputy Chief Lorilee Davies volition beryllium the interim acting Regina constabulary main portion Sheikh is suspended.

Bither says nary further remark volition beryllium issued portion the probe is ongoing. The committee volition beryllium updated by the Public Complaints Commission once it has completed its investigation, and the nationalist volition beryllium updated aft that.

Sheikh was appointed arsenic Regina's constabulary main connected Dec. 1, 2023, aft serving arsenic the main of the Alberta sheriffs.

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Alexander Quon has been a newsman with CBC Saskatchewan since 2021 and is blessed to beryllium backmost moving successful his hometown of Regina aft fractional a decennary successful Atlantic Canada. He has antecedently worked with the CBC News investigative portion successful Nova Scotia and Global News successful Halifax. Alexander specializes successful municipal governmental sum and data-reporting. He tin beryllium reached at: [email protected].