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BRETT MAKI - Meddled with Police Investigation / Disciplined by Internal Affairs

Earlier this year, a provincial court judge handed Maki a one-year conditional discharge to spare him a criminal record, and save his 19-year career. SASKATOON POLICE FORCE The Saskatoon police force has internally disciplined two of its officers. Const. Brett Maki, earlier convicted by the courts of assault causing bodily harm, will be suspended from his job without pay for one month. He will also be placed under probation for one year, a police news release announced Wednesday. Maki was off-duty when he punched and head-butted a university student during a traffic dispute in Lakeridge on Dec. 15, 2006. The 20-year-old student, Brett Wellman, lost two teeth and later needed a root canal. Earlier this year, a provincial court judge handed Maki a one-year conditional discharge to spare him a criminal record, and save his 19-year career. He also ordered Maki to pay the victim's $3,600 dental bills. Maki, an officer for 19 years, was reassigned to the police station's front desk following the assault. Sgt. Tim Korchinski, on an internal charge of neglect of duty, will also be suspended without pay for two weeks and receive one year probation. Korchinski was the senior officer called to a drunk driving incident involving another officer in the Broadway Avenue area on July 28, 2007. Two beat constables came upon the other officer allegedly behind the wheel of a parked vehicle with its engine idling. The officer, off-duty at the time, was arrested. But when Korchinski was called to the scene, he decided to discontinue the investigation. The two constables brought the issue forward and were interviewed by internal affairs officers. The drunk driving investigation resumed, and Korchinski was also investigated for allegedly obstructing justice. Korchinski was suspended with pay during the process. Saskatchewan Justice later recommended Korchinski not face a criminal charge, and he was reinstated and reassigned from vice to the force's detention unit. Insp. Allan Stickney, also suspended with pay, was criminally charged with being in care and control of a vehicle while impaired. He has pleaded not guilty and is set to stand trial this fall. Police Chief Clive Weighill did not want to comment on the internal disciplinary measures against Maki and Korchinski. Although the results of internal police reviews are not usually released to the public, the news release said Weighill chose to do so because the two cases received so much attention