Regina police officer charged under privacy act for snooping incidents

Const. Clinton Duquette has been charged under the province's privacy act in connection to years of snooping incidents. Connor Chan reports.

An officer with the Regina Police Service (RPS) has been charged under the province’s privacy act following a recommendation from Saskatchewan’s Attorney General. The charge stems from repeated snooping incidents over the span of three years.

The service announced the development late Thursday afternoon.

In late 2025, the Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner released a report that found Const. Clinton Duquette accessed the personal information of six people 67 times on the RPS database over a period of three years, three months, and 15 days.

He had used the database to search a former partner, as well as members of her family and friends, without a valid work purpose.

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Duquette, who is a 10-year-constable of the RPS, faced a one-day suspension, participation in mandatory Police Ethics and Accountability training, further Access and Privacy training, as well as random audits for a minimum of two years.

Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner, Grace Hession David, called the disciplinary measures “wholly inadequate,” and gave the RPS nine recommendations.

One of the recommendations included a review by Saskatchewan’s Attorney General, who consented to prosecution under section 56(6) of the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LAFOIP) last week.

According to the RPS, this is not a criminal code charge.

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If convicted, Duquette will be subject to a fine of no more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for no more than a year.

In an update from the RPS on Thursday, Chief Lorilee Davies said she accepts the direction from the Attorney General.

“We are committed to making meaningful improvements to our processes and oversight and to be more reflective of the expectations of the public when it comes to police accountability,” she said in a statement. “This outcome sends a strong message not only to our employees but to the entire community when it comes to privacy.”

Duquette is scheduled to make his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on June 15.