leo guilty of drunken assaults

[Classyathome]

EDMONTON -- A city cop who drunkenly punched a man on crutches and called a "cripple," and threatened to burn down the home of a security guard who helped the victim, has been fined $500.

Const. Mike Wasylyshen, 33, was also given a criminal record after a judge refused to grant him a discharge for the Dec. 18, 2005, off-duty incident on Whyte Avenue.

"This crime was a crime of violence," said Judge Jeanne Burch, ruling a discharge was not the "right thing" to do.

"This is a crime which is all too prevalent in our community," said Burch, adding drunken assaults and brawls by "hot-headed" louts must be deterred and denounced.

Wasylyshen, who pleaded guilty to two counts of assault, tearfully apologized in court to the judge and the victims, saying he was "very sorry" and has quit drinking.

In exchange for the guilty pleas, a third assault charge and two counts of uttering threats were withdrawn.

The remorseful 10-year veteran police officer and son of former police Chief Bob Wasylyshen must now face an internal police disciplinary hearing for the incident.

Court heard Wasylyshen was celebrating Christmas with some colleagues that night and had consumed a "significant" amount of alcohol.

About 2:30 a.m. the officers went to get a taxi and encountered Devin Stacey, a 22-year-old man who had had knee surgery four days earlier, who was trying to hail a cab using a crutch, said Crown prosecutor Marta Juzwiak.

Wasylyshen began yelling at Stacey and berated him by using foul language and "calling him a cripple," said Juzwiak, adding the two men yelled and swore at each other from across a street and then Wasylyshen crossed over and struck Stacey in the left ear with a closed fist.

Wasylyshen was pulled off by his colleagues, but later followed Stacey when he left with two friends he had called.

The friends ended up fighting Wasylyshen and put him on the ground and punched him several times, court heard.

Two security officers at a nearby Mac's store went over to break it up, but when they got involved, Wasylyshen hit one of them in the face and told the other one that he would burn down his home if he was sober, said Juzwiak.

Outside court, Wasylyshen again apologized to the victims and the community, noting he had embarrassed his family and lost friends, relationships and his reputation.

"I did let the community down and I hope I can regain that trust," said Wasylyshen, adding the experience has "definitely made me a more compassionate person."

Police Chief Mike Boyd said he respects Wasylyshen for admitting his guilt and taking responsibility for his wrongdoings.

Police are people too, he added. And people make mistakes.

"I think the actions that Const. Wasylyshen took today in coming forward and admitting what he did is wrong and saying how remorseful he is right now about what had happened and the fact that he acknowledged wrongdoing and further talked about the actions he's taken to try to deal with his personal problem with alcohol, I think that goes a long way - in my mind - to deal with the credibility of him as a person and as a police officer," Boyd said.

It's not the first time Wasylyshen has been in hot water.

He earned notoriety for repeatedly using his stun gun on an unconscious 16-year-old boy in 2002, which a youth court judge labelled "cruel and unusual" behaviour.

Despite the ruling, prosecutors who reviewed the case decided not to pursue charges against Wasylyshen because they believed he was justified in using his Taser.

In 2003, Wasylyshen was slammed by provincial court Judge Leo Wenden for willfully deceiving a justice of the peace in order to get a search warrant in a drug case.

The judge ruled the more than $45,000 worth of drugs seized in the search was inadmissible because of Wasylyshen's "carelessness bordering on indifference."

What does it take to get a bad leo ousted? Alot, apparently...

Damn, he is an ugly customer - glad the two guys put a beating on his ass...

Son of a top leo, too. And booze was involved.

Wow

 

[FirstTracks]

what happened to police officers supposedly being held to higher standards.
If this was the US, some sort of hate crime charge would have been pursue im sure.

 

[madrecinco]

We had an NFL football player here in America recently racing his wife to the hospital in Dallas where her mother was dying and some ALPHA cop stopped him for running a red light with no other cars around to get his wife there to say goodbye to her mom before she died. He tried to explain it to the cop and accept his citation but it caused quite a scandal for bad LEO behavior on tape and you can google it.....

Some ppl should not be in that business....I took the same personality test cops do in 96 MMPI administered by a psychiatrist to work in the county jail here for the Sheriff's Dept as a nurse....He judged me sane ....AND WE ALL KNOW THAT AIN'T SO!!! te he


SOOOOO how many cops get through?

 

[iGro4Me]

I think we should ask high school friends & associates of new academy recruits if they'd be good cops or not

Find out just HOW MUCH lunch money they're trying to recoup & ass-woopin's they're trying to offset.....

 

[madrecinco]

LMAO!

 

[fireman22]

pigs

 

[madrecinco]

mmmmmm I love bacon! te he

 

[GMT]

a guy on his way home from work was killed by a cop in the G20 protests. The cctv cameras outside the bank of england, somehow failed to capture the incident. The hundred of cops with hand held video cameras who were taping everything and everyone failed to capture the incident. The first coroner declared that the man died of a heart attack. It wasn't until two media cameramen made the footage available to the news networks that a second autopsy was carried out and that found that the injusries sustained were the cause. The cop involved is on suspension with full pay. The police say it will take them some time to investigate the incident and that there will need to be a third autopsy to confirm the findings of the 2nd. Does anyone think the cop will go to jail?

 

[iGro4Me]

LMAO!

True story Madre.....I ran into a guy I went to high school with at a club not that long, in the head of all places.....We start chatting a little and I make some off-handed remark about partying and this guy pulls this high & mighty bullshit about how "he better not seei it going on" and shit like this.....Turns out he's now a state trooper and thinks he's a bad ass.....This cat wouldn't have said BOO to me back in school if you know what I mean, and not much had changed that I could see.

He got no ass and no love....fvckin' miserable he was.

 

[StaggerLee]

Let's face it, police officers love to drink, isnt there something about a drunk cop killing 2 men in a crash last week in the news? I also recall seeing on t.v. a Chicago cop beating up a female bartender for cutting him off for being to drunk. Just a bunch of thugs with badges if you ask me.

Thanks
Stagger

 

[madrecinco]

True story Madre.....I ran into a guy I went to high school with at a club not that long, in the head of all places.....We start chatting a little and I make some off-handed remark about partying and this guy pulls this high & mighty bullshit about how "he better not seei it going on" and shit like this.....Turns out he's now a state trooper and thinks he's a bad ass.....This cat wouldn't have said BOO to me back in school if you know what I mean, and not much had changed that I could see.

He got no ass and no love....fvckin' miserable he was.

Some cops are bully's as I witnessed when I worked with them....but they need to select a little better.I used to have to examine and sign off on injuries they put on inmates. Hard to find ppl who don't do drugs at all and can pass the requirements. They have to have college these days also to get any rank..
They sent ppl to talk to my neighbors also when I sought employment there. But that shrink was nuts if he said I was SANE!!! te he

Those are standardized tests though so I guess I am legally sane FO SHO!

But I got burnt out with corrections nursing after 4 years because of the politics and ideological differences in nursing and copping me thinks.

But I did enjoy socializing with the cops and DD's after work at Sneaky Pete's where they would get drunk and drive home after...hypocrits. one was caught screwing in his squad car....cops are kinky little fockers.....some

My daughter in laws best friend is married to a TPD cop with the force 25 years and his wife is a serious stoner. Not all cops hate weed ya know??? They just pretend to keep their jobs.

 

[madrecinco]

Let's face it, police officers love to drink, isnt there something about a drunk cop killing 2 men in a crash last week in the news? I also recall seeing on t.v. a Chicago cop beating up a female bartender for cutting him off for being to drunk. Just a bunch of thugs with badges if you ask me.

Thanks
Stagger

Well originally most of them were Irish and the Irish do like their alcohol. And cops do have a lot of stress and can't smoke pot. Why there is a lot of alcoholic nurses and cops. A stressful job and you need to destress sometimes.

We had a local cop bully an old lady here at a Mickey D's recently because she wanted her fries without salt and was making the copper wait in line to long for his cheeseburger.
He actually arrested her and it caused a really embarrassing incident for our PD.

What an asshole!!!! Crime must have been light that day with nobody better to arrest....like who killed that 8 year old girl in a driveby shooting last weeks over a teen gang rival....

 

[smokesalot420]

It's unfortunate that alcohol is the only outlet available to cops and other high stress jobs (like the military!!!) as I have seen many people do some seriously stupid or violent things because they were drinking (like punching through wire-supported safety glass) and trying to blow off some steam.....

BTW Madre- of you know a little about the test you are going to take there are ways of getting around them, you just have to stay consistent with your answers!

 

[smokesalot420]

This reminds me of a story last year when a cop came into Starbucks, cut everyone in line (I said something to him and he acted like he didn't hear me even though he looked right at me) then refused to pay for the coffee.... the nerve of some of these mofos!

 

[madrecinco]

It's unfortunate that alcohol is the only outlet available to cops and other high stress jobs (like the military!!!) as I have seen many people do some seriously stupid or violent things because they were drinking (like punching through wire-supported safety glass) and trying to blow off some steam.....

BTW Madre- of you know a little about the test you are going to take there are ways of getting around them, you just have to stay consistent with your answers!

No I took the test in 96 I am a retired nurse now. But I passed it. But I did notice they were asking the same questions in different ways. I have excellent critical thinking skills and I picked up on that...consitant is right.

So does that mean I am crazy or not....te he

Well retired now so I can call it dementia now and organic in nature.....te he

not psych....

But they tested the nurses as they were having problems with nurses falling in love with inmates....serious problem in correcion nursing. Some of those IM's are hot and work out all day...te he......but granny had a man....one of those military drunk's you refer to because they can't toke.....he hated that I did cause' it was illegal and he broke NO LAWS! Everybody he ever killed was legal.

 

[Stoner4Life]

This reminds me of a story last year when a cop came into Starbucks, cut everyone in line (I said something to him and he acted like he didn't hear me even though he looked right at me) then refused to pay for the coffee.... the nerve of some of these mofos!

I knew a beat cop (Andy) in NYC's Mid-town South Precinct that would do the same thing; most joints just gave him the coffee, the others asked him to pay but he'd just walk away laughing.

it absolutely breaks down the trust/respect relationship between cop & public; and of course where's the check & balances of it all? so where does it stop, at free coffee?, free doughnuts?, free lunches?, free gas @ the pumps (if he can drive off, yup!)? I've seen all of that including the one Yonkers cop I witnessed do a drive off @ a BP station in The Bronx.

behavior like this that's allowed to go on w/o dismissal makes me wonder how far a bad cop will go & how deeply he'll be protected (& me persecuted of course) by his force.......

evidently the cop from the OP's story has deep family roots, he will obviously have to maim, cripple, kill someone before he is tried/convicted/fired/jailed.

The definition of 'PIG' ought to have this dirtbags resume` attached.


I hope those two guys landed a few juicy punches on this pigs noggin'

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

My mom's second ex husband is a cop. him and all of his cop buddies are racist, wife beating, adultery commiting assholes. Yet they are really good at hiding it in public, the claws come out in private. They are a bunch of crooked assholes. Luckily I know lots of their dirty secrets, and I will balck male the shit out of them if they ever fuck with me.

 

[mpd]

What does it take to get a bad leo ousted? Alot, apparently...

Damn, he is an ugly customer - glad the two guys put a beating on his ass...

Son of a top leo, too. And booze was involved.

Wow

It's always gratifying to see the Canadians finally get to that point where violence isn't the usual outcome when it comes to police "interactions".

 

[nekoloving]

a guy on his way home from work was killed by a cop in the G20 protests. The cctv cameras outside the bank of england, somehow failed to capture the incident. The hundred of cops with hand held video cameras who were taping everything and everyone failed to capture the incident. The first coroner declared that the man died of a heart attack. It wasn't until two media cameramen made the footage available to the news networks that a second autopsy was carried out and that found that the injusries sustained were the cause. The cop involved is on suspension with full pay. The police say it will take them some time to investigate the incident and that there will need to be a third autopsy to confirm the findings of the 2nd. Does anyone think the cop will go to jail?

no

 

[lockehead]

Some cops around my area turn on their sirens during traffic so people would make way for them