Jacqueline MacNeil has been in the Calgary Police Department (CPS) for 16 years, but is not currently in active duty. In 2019, he was charged with criminal harassment, after an investigation found that he communicated excessively and made threats to an anonymous victim over a period of seven months. Police claim that between April and November 2018, MacNeil contacted a woman excessively and threatened to ruin her reputation personally and professionally. The investigative report was sent to the Edmonton prosecutor, who ruled that the charges were justified, and the case went to trial last year. MacNeil, who represented herself, argued that her right to a fair trial had been irreparably damaged because a detective’s audio-video interview with the complainant was never revealed and was subsequently inadvertently destroyed. The judge agreed and suspended the proceedings, but in April, Queen’s Bench Judge Rodney Jerke ruled that the judge had erred and ordered the trial to continue. MacNeil was arrested again on Wednesday. Calgary police say he has been charged with criminal harassment. “As this incident is being investigated by the RCMP, no further information can be provided by the Calgary Police Department,” a press release said Friday. “Information about this incident and the allegations are published for reasons of public transparency.” – With files from the Canadian Press
