Prince Albert RCMP officer gave details to police that led to his arrest for murder
It appears a Prince Albert RCMP officer charged with first-degree murder provided details to police that would later lead to his arrest.
Corporal Bernie Herman, a 32-year veteran of the RCMP, is charged with murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman of the Clearwater River Dene Nation.
Braden Herman’s body was found in a wooded area north of the city on Tuesday night.
Police say the two knew each other but were not related.
In a Zoom media conference Friday afternoon, Prince Albert Police Chief Jon Bergen gave an update on the investigation.
New pilot project allows Prince Albert police to better medically assess suspects in detention
The Prince Albert Police Service, Parkland Ambulance and Saskatchewan Health Authority have announced a new joint initiative.
The three organizations say they have teamed up to ensure people who are arrested and brought into custody by P.A. Police have access to a paramedic and on-call doctor.
The goal of the initiative is to better medically assess those in cells.
Police Chief Jon Bergen said nearly 6,000 people are arrested every year in the city and about half these arrests are the result of some sort of serious drug or alcohol intoxication.
PRINCE ALBERT A partnership between Prince Albert police, Parkland Ambulance and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is offering addictions treatment to people incarcerated in police cells. A senior police officer and paramedic will oversee the cells between 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. daily. According to an SHA news release, this will allow patients to be assessed, treated and taken to hospital in a timely manner, if needed. Police Chief Jon Bergen said he hopes the project will help to lower the city’s overall crime rate. People that do suffer from different addictions will be desperate to fuel their addiction, and that could lead to theft and other things, so we do tie it to crime. We observe that. We know that to be real,” he said.
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The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has alerted the public to an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 following the so-called Freedom Rally in Prince Albert that was held last Saturday.
The announcement came Friday evening ahead of the possibility of another rally this coming weekend after both the mayor of Prince Albert and Prince Albert Police Service warned against further such demonstrations.
The SHA said a person or persons attended the rally while infectious and called on those who were at the event to self-isolate immediately.
During the rally one of the speakers questioned if the pandemic was “real” while another said “it’s not our gatherings where people are sick, we’re not spreaders and none of us are sick. We’re all healthy.”