Canada - Mountie shared info with wife, former Hells Angels associate

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A disgraced Mountie has been docked eight days pay after an internal investigation revealed the constable had made numerous unauthorized checks on the force's national crime data bank and shared some of the information with his wife, an associate and former business partner of a Hells Angel.

Const. Todd Glasman became a target of an internal probe last year after the U.S. border patrol agency alerted the RCMP that his wife had ties to the criminal organization.

The probe was launched after the constable's wife was questioned while crossing into the U.S. at the Manitoba border.

In the interview with U.S. agents, Glasman's wife disclosed former business dealings with an outlawed biker and said she continued to visit him in prison.

This information prompted the RCMP to check all databank queries initiated by Glasman.

The constable made numerous unauthorized checks and viewed some 185 documents on his wife and the Hells Angels.
Glasman started making the unauthorized checks days after he met his wifeto-be in August 2009. He continued making the unauthorized checks until March 2010.

In an interview with RCMP investigators, Glasman admitted that he made the checks but denied disclosing information to the Hells Angels.

The constable did, however, admit to sharing some of the gleaned information with his wife.

According to a disciplinary ruling, dated in Ottawa on March 28, 2011, Glasman admitted to the allegations of misconduct.

The disciplinary ruling does not detail if the constable's wife shared the information with her Hells Angels associates.

The Manitoba Mountie was also subjected to a polygraph, which concluded he was telling the truth when he said he didn't share the information with anyone but his wife, who is on the force's crime data bank.

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