Sean Nero

Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Diego Mar­tin North East Colm Im­bert is claim­ing that Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Jack Ewats­ki re­signed as the chief of po­lice for the Cana­di­an state of Win­nipeg un­der ques­tion­able cir­cum­stances.Speak­ing at Fri­day's sit­ting of the Low­er House, Im­bert said Ewats­ki re­tired five years be­fore he was con­trac­tu­al­ly due and did not have the best track record."...So he re­tires as Chief of Po­lice in Win­nipeg and he de­cides to take up a job in Trinidad and To­ba­go as deputy com­mis­sion­er of po­lice,"

Im­bert said.Quot­ing a Cana­di­an Broad­cast­ing Cor­po­ra­tion (CBC) news sto­ry aired on Jan­u­ary 3, 2007, the MP said while Ewats­ki will al­so be known for his "very ag­gres­sive stance" on street gangs his tenure will be bet­ter re­mem­bered for prob­lems, such as his han­dling of "the Driskell mat­ter." "Re­tired Win­nipeg crim­i­nol­o­gist (Doug Skoog) said that un­der Ewats­ki's lead­er­ship, the Win­nipeg Po­lice Ser­vice was al­so ac­cused of racism by abo­rig­i­nal lead­ers, who said he did not do enough to im­prove trust be­tween po­lice and na­tive peo­ple."