Can a police officer be reimbursed for any reasonable legal expenses incurred as a result of a criminal or statutory offence flowing from his duties and subsequently acquitted of such charges?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prince Albert (City) v. Prince Albert Firefighters Association, Local 510, 1988 CanLII 4915 (SK QB):
In Durham Regional Police Association v. Durham Regional Board of Commissioners of Police (1983), 1982 CanLII 61 (SCC), 45 N.R. 296; 140 D.L.R.(3d) 1, an arbitrator had prescribed article 17.06 of the collective bargaining agreement: “17.06 Where a member of the Force is charged with a criminal or statutory offence flowing from his police duties and is subsequently acquitted of such charges, the member shall be reimbursed for any reasonable legal expenses incurred as a result of such charges.”
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