Thread by @appeallawAB

Thread: The phrase 'sworn police officer' means sworn to uphold the law. Deliberate undermining of the #RuleOfLaw by sworn @CalgaryPolice officers must be swiftly and harshly shut down. This has nothing to do with what the #ThinBlueLine does or does not represent #yyc /1

https://twitter.com/GlobalCalgary/status/1511158777113985031

In a free and democratic society, citizens say if police exist, what powers they may have, what weapons they may use (and when), and yes, even what uniforms they are allowed to wear. News flash to the CPA - the public are the bosses, via the Commission. Not you. Not the Chief /2

If @CalgaryPolice officers are unaware, when Albertans decided to grant police permission to serve us, there was an explicit reservation of our power to control you - which you submitted to voluntarily when you swore the oath of office. Yes, you already submitted to us /3

Section 31(2) of the Police Act:

Every police officer

(a) is, after the establishment of a commission, subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, and

(b) shall obey the directions of the commission.

You do not get to choose which ones /4

canlii.org/en/ab/laws/sta…

The off-duty public debate may fairly continue, but the on-duty issue is decided. You are free to resign your public office, but if not, you are bound to stop wearing a prohibited patch. You have zero credibility or moral authority to enforce law while purposely violating it /5

And if @neufeld_mark does not restore the rule of law in #yyc the Commission cannot just say enforcement is up to him and shrug. Apply for a court injunction with all @CalgaryPolice officers as respondents...just like for any other mass group of unlawful protesters /6

If Chief and Commission do not act, then @AlbertaJSG Min. Shandro must make a direction under s. 2(2) of the Act. This is not just overt insubordination, it is an existential threat to #ableg authority. Public trust is irreparably lost if police ignore the law with impunity /end