There is an urgent need to fix a flawed system in Alberta

By Lethbridge Herald on May 7, 2022.

Editor:

This letter is a response to Mr. David Carpenter’s heartfelt conviction that Mr. Kaycee Madu should be punished for missing his power when he was Justice Minister.

Mr. Carpenter has chosen to believe the news report that Mr. Madu contacted the Edmonton police chief, Dale McFee, to have his traffic ticket waived. Mr. Madu corrected that version with his statement that he contacted police chief McFee about concerns that the police were failing him.

Mr. Madu stated that it was not about having the ticket dismissed. As a matter of choice, I believe Mr. Madu’s statements.

Mr. Madu’s decisive actions toward our “troubled” local police service, together with their brother police service in Edmonton with their set of problematic behaviours, and the numerous unsavoury actions reported of several Canadian police forces tips the scale of validity into Mr. Madu’s favour.

Mr. Carpenter, how do you feel about our local police service’s incredible amount of misbehaviour and some out-and-out crimes?

No reasonable person can dismiss it as a few bad apples anymore. Will you try using your influence to hold our local police service accountable and support endeavours to make key improvements?

Just to be clear, I am not police bashing but I see an urgent need to address and fix a flawed system.

Esther Urano

Lethbridge