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By Sheldon Spackman

November 2020 Incident

Officer given suspended sentence following assault conviction from 2020 arrest

Sep 18, 2025 | 3:34 PM

An Alberta RCMP officer charged with assault during an arrest near Lacombe five years ago has been given a suspended sentence.

Cst. Raymond James Wallace, 34, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on Sept. 17, 2025, after being convicted on one count of assault, while he was found not guilty on a second charge of assault.

The suspended sentence means it will be deferred while Wallace serves eight months of probation. Provided he follows his conditions during that time, he will avoid incarceration despite having a criminal conviction.

It was on March 14, 2021, when the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate assaults alleged to have occurred during the arrest of individuals by RCMP officers on Nov. 14, 2020, after a vehicle fled police on a road outside of Lacombe.

Officials say evidence gathered during ASIRT’s investigation provided reasonable grounds to believe that two of the occupants had been assaulted during the arrest process. ASIRT says the investigation was forwarded to the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) to determine whether the evidence met the standard for prosecution.

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Following a review of the investigation and having been advised that the ACPS was of the opinion that the evidence met their standard for prosecution, ASIRT Executive Director Michael Ewenson determined that the officer involved should be charged.

On Feb. 22, 2021, ASIRT officials say Cst. Raymond Wallace was charged with two counts of assault under Sec. 266 of the Criminal Code.

ASIRT’s says its mandate is to effectively, independently and objectively investigate incidents involving Alberta’s police that have resulted in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct.

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