A Maidstone RCMP officer has been charged after Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team concluded there were “reasonable grounds” to believe an offence occurred during a delayed wellness check that preceded the death of a 68-year-old man near Lloydminster.
SIRT released its public report Thursday, laying out a detailed timeline of events beginning early on April 3, 2024. At 7:14 a.m., Maidstone RCMP received a call from a family member requesting a wellness check after being told the man was deceased. According to the report, “This call was dispatched to an on-call member of the detachment.”
Hours passed with no update to the family. At 4:30 p.m., the relative called again for information. SIRT notes that “at 4:39 p.m., the originally dispatched member departed the Maidstone detachment.”
Twelve minutes later, at 5:01 p.m., another family member arrived at the rural home and found the man alive but seriously injured. RCMP and EMS responded and transported him to hospital, where he later died.
SIRT said it was notified at 6:27 p.m. and deployed a team of investigators. The report states the investigation was “comprehensive and thorough, conducted using current investigative protocols, and in accordance with the principles of Major Case Management.”
One RCMP officer was designated as the subject officer, with five witness officers and six civilian witnesses interviewed.
After reviewing the evidence, SIRT concluded that “reasonable grounds existed to believe that an offence had been committed by the Subject Officer.”
On Nov. 13, 2025, the officer was arrested and charged with breach of trust by a public officer under Section 122 of the Criminal Code. SIRT says the officer was released on an undertaking and must appear in Lloydminster Provincial Court on Dec. 11 at 9:30 a.m.
SIRT said no additional information can be released because the matter is now before the courts.
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