(CBC News) A Northwest Territories RCMP officer convicted of assault has won a small victory in appealing his sentence, but his future with the police force remains uncertain.
Const. Colin Allooloo was convicted last year of assault with a weapon in connection with a pepper-spraying incident at the RCMP detachment in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., in September 2006.
The court heard that Allooloo, who was on duty at the time, shot pepper spray at a rowdy 16-year-old who was in custody at the Fort Simpson detachment.
Allooloo appealed the conviction and the sentence — 30 days of house arrest and a 10-year ban on owning or using firearms — arguing that the firearms ban would likely end his RCMP career and prevent him from pursuing traditional subsistence hunting.
In a decision dated Friday, the N.W.T. Court of Appeal upheld Allooloo’s conviction, but changed the firearms prohibition allowing him to use a firearm for hunting purposes only.
That means Allooloo is still barred from using a gun for policing, which could jeopardize his 12-year career with the RCMP.
Allooloo has been suspended with pay from the police force since he was sentenced in November.
RCMP officials have said Allooloo’s firearms prohibition will be one factor they will have to consider when they begin an internal disciplinary review into his conduct.
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