‘This is entirely an isolated incident’: Former Sask. RCMP officer sentenced for breach of trust
A former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, who accessed a sensitive image of an adult female inmate, while she was in custody, will not have a criminal record, providing he can abide by a number of conditions over the next nine months.
Wade Chitrena was surrounded by family support Friday, when he received a conditional discharge at Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench. At a separate court hearing in January, the 55-year-old pleaded guilty to breach of trust by a public officer.
According to the statement of facts read in court by Crown Prosecutor Bill Burge, the female victim was arrested in August, 2018, and taken to the Buffalo Narrows detachment. Burge explained the woman was described as intoxicated, beligerent and suicidal.
During her time in custody, the woman stripped down naked, with the exception of her underwear. Roughly two months later, members of the Dillon detachment discovered a number of papers on the printer, and one of those papers contained an image taken from the surveillance camera footage of the topless woman.