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Harvey Specter 03-22-2009 11:12 PM

RCMP officer disciplined four times, including to attempt to date a 16-year
 
VANCOUVER — B.C. RCMP Sgt. Russell Hannibal, acquitted last year of excessive force after using his Taser twice in two days, has been disciplined four previous times by the force, The Vancouver Sun has learned.

Hannibal’s misconduct ranges from lying to a superior about an expense claim to trying to date a 16-year-old whose phone number he obtained while on duty.

Last year, Hannibal was acquitted of assault with a weapon in connection with his use of a Taser against a handcuffed man.

The judge in the case said that while the evidence left her with reasonable doubt that Hannibal used excessive force, she still “completely rejected a lot of his testimony,” adding parts of it were “obviously self-serving” and “after-the-fact rationalizations.”

The ruling ended a battle that had been winding its way through the courts for six years.

In February 2002, Hannibal was charged in connection with two separate Taser deployments on Aug. 25 and 26, 2001.

In the first case, at the Foggy Dew pub in Port Coquitlam, Hannibal arrested a man who patted his female partner’s behind. Then, after the man was already handcuffed, Hannibal zapped him six times with his Taser in handheld mode.

The next day, Hannibal used his Taser again, this time against a suicidal man being held down by three other officers.

Hannibal was acquitted of the second case in 2003 but the first took years to work its way through the courts because of legal arguments over delays in the case getting to trial.

Despite Hannibal’s acquittal, the RCMP still pursued a disciplinary case against him in a hearing last September.

A copy of that hearing’s decision, released in response to a request from The Sun, shows Hannibal received a formal reprimand, not for deploying his Taser, but for using “vulgar, inflammatory” language during his arrest at the Foggy Dew pub.

Hannibal was also reprimanded for a separate incident a month earlier in which he told a fellow officer “your ass is mine.”

The panel of three senior Mounties hearing Hannibal’s case decided to give him a formal reprimand for both incidents.

In coming to its decision, the panel listed Hannibal’s four prior disciplinary cases, including:

* Uttering a verbal threat during a confrontation with a member of the public in 1993.

* Using “tactless and oppressive” language during an interaction with a member of the public in 1993.

* Lying to a superior officer in order to get an expense claim approved in 1994.

* Attempting to date a 16-year-old in 2000 whose address and telephone number he obtained during the course of his duties.

Aside from the expense-claim issue — for which Hannibal was formally disciplined and docked three days’ pay — the other cases were dealt with informally by the RCMP and did not go to a public hearing.

And in the case of Hannibal’s attempt to date a teenager, his only penalty was a reprimand.

RCMP spokesman Sgt. Tim Shields said, because of privacy concerns, he could not provide any details about Hannibal’s attempt to date the teen.

Shields also refused to say why the force decided to deal with the matter informally, other than to say Hannibal’s commanding officer would have reviewed all the facts in the case before deciding against a formal hearing.

When reached by phone, Hannibal, who is now working in an administrative position at “E” Division headquarters, refused to answer any questions.


cskelton@vancouversun.com

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DC5-S 03-22-2009 11:21 PM

what else is new

johny 03-22-2009 11:23 PM

only the police should have guns!!!

isn't that what the leftys say ....

InvisibleSoul 03-22-2009 11:23 PM

Now there's a quality member of the police force.

SkinnyPupp 03-22-2009 11:24 PM

Sounds like bullshit charges to me.

OH NO HE USED A SWEAR WORD WHILE ARRESTING SOMEONE

pantieman 03-22-2009 11:53 PM

Hannibal Lecter?

StylinRed 03-23-2009 12:25 AM

meh who cares if he got a date with a 16yr old? heck back when he got that date the age of consent was still 14

aside from that he sounds like a bit of a douche; like if he wasnt a cop he'd be a wannabe gangster.... sadly there seems to be quite a few of those

invader 03-23-2009 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pantieman (Post 6343082)
Hannibal Lecter?

lol

http://www.templeofthedemon.com/images/lecter0103.jpg

Gh0stRider 03-23-2009 06:38 AM

What a role model he is.

Mugen EvOlutioN 03-23-2009 06:42 AM

weak ass pig

GLOW 03-23-2009 07:22 AM

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/ju...s%20hansen.jpg

asian_XL 03-23-2009 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GLOW (Post 6343294)

she's 16, not JB

hotjoint 03-23-2009 07:44 AM

:lol

$_$ 03-23-2009 09:21 AM

why am i not that surprised?


wait ... i think i meant to say

why am i not surprised at all ?

Nvasion 03-23-2009 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T.H.C (Post 6343416)
why am i not that surprised?


wait ... i think i meant to say

why am i not surprised at all ?



same

BoneThug 03-23-2009 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6343051)
Sounds like bullshit charges to me.

OH NO HE USED A SWEAR WORD WHILE ARRESTING SOMEONE

+1

BoneThug 03-23-2009 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 6343119)
meh who cares if he got a date with a 16yr old? heck back when he got that date the age of consent was still 14

aside from that he sounds like a bit of a douche; like if he wasnt a cop he'd be a wannabe gangster.... sadly there seems to be quite a few of those

i wanna say its not always easy to tell how old a girl is, especially these days, but then, he had every right to ask for id

tough 03-23-2009 02:59 PM

it is hard to tell how old girls are


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