On December 24, 2022 a By-Legislation Officer, who was assigned to Animal Management duties
attended to a Brandon residential tackle. The officer suggested the caller that there was
a give up price for the animals. It’s alleged that the officer collected the cash as a
give up price, however they didn’t flip over the funds to the pound agent.
On December 28, 2022, one other BPS worker realized of this anomaly via a
separate investigation they had been conducting. The worker reported their issues to
their supervisor, which result in a police investigator being assigned to the incident on
January 9, 2023 after preliminary truth discovering by the worker’s supervisor and a evaluation
by BPS Government.
The investigation result in the invention of 4 related incidents between March and
August 2022. Throughout these incidents, cash was collected for the give up of animals
however was not deposited with the pound agent. These incidents occurred on March 26,
Might 02, June 29, and August 22, 2022.
Because of this investigation, Neil Terence JORDAN, a 57-year-old male of rural
Manitoba has been charged with 5 counts of Fraud Below 5000 {dollars} and 5 counts
of Breach of Belief by an Official. Mr. JORDAN was first charged on January 16, 2023,
with one depend of every offence based mostly on the preliminary investigation. On February 24, 2023,
Manitoba Prosecution Providers licensed the eight further expenses, based mostly on the
ongoing investigation. Mr. JORDAN’s first court docket look is about for April 24, 2023, at
the Brandon Court docket Home.
Through the course of the investigation, Mr. JORDAN was instantly relieved of any
accountability as an Animal Management Officer and has been on unpaid go away, at his request,
since 25 January 2023.
A evaluation of our processes has been performed. Protocols had been in place when these
occurrences occurred. The worker selected to not comply with these processes. Primarily based on
the evaluation, our By-Legislation supervisor will likely be analyzing animal management requires service on
an ongoing foundation. Our evaluation stays ongoing to find out greatest practices to implement
to make sure this kind of scenario doesn’t occur once more.
