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By battlefordsNOW Staff

Court proceedings

Former RCMP officer pleads guilty to breach of trust for accessing private image from surveillance video

Jan 11, 2021 | 2:40 PM

A former Saskatchewan RCMP officer pleaded guilty to breach of trust by a public officer in Queen’s Bench Court in Battleford Monday.

Wade Chitrena accessed at least one sensitive image of an adult female inmate, while she was in custody in 2018.

Chitrena worked at the Buffalo Narrows detachment at the time of the incident in October, 2018. He was later charged with breach of trust. RCMP said he ceased to be an RCMP officer as of November, 2020.

According to a previous police report, an RCMP investigation determined at least one still image was copied and printed from a security camera video. The camera was positioned in the cellblock area of the Buffalo Narrows detachment.

Chitrena, the Crown prosecutor, the defence lawyer and the judge appeared by phone in Battleford Provincial Court Monday.

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As a result of Chitrena’s guilty plea, a trial in the case scheduled to start Monday did not proceed.

The Crown prosecutor and defence counsel will next make their sentencing submissions to the court on March 10 at 10 a.m.

Editor’s note: this story was amended to make clear Chitrena is no longer an RCMP officer.

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