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The history of starlight tours appeared back on the Wikipedia page for the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) Friday morning after a university student noticed the information was missing from the website.
University Student Addison Herman was looking for information after a discussion in one of his classes when he realized that specific portion of the article had been deleted.
“I think people should know that this is still happening; where police are just suppressing what they’ve done and they’re trying to hide what they’ve done.”
“I had known about the starlight tours through learning about it in high school, and I was really surprised not to see it there,” he said.
It only took a few clicks for Herman to find the IP address that had removed the information in 2012 and 2013 was registered to a computer with SPS.
“I was really shocked to find out this had happened, especially now in this day and age.”
A spokesperson for SPS confirmed one of their computers was used to delete the information, but added they will not be looking into it further.
Herman said the response isn’t good enough.
“I think people should know that this is still happening; where police are just suppressing what they’ve done and they’re trying to hide what they’ve done.”
He said he would like to see an apology issued to indigenous people in the province and across the country.
The website shows the page was modified April 1, 2016 at 2:18 a.m.
In a statement to CKOM Friday morning, SPS clarified it wasn’t involved in recent updates to the Wikipedia page.
“Looking at the revision history, it doesn’t appear that any of the recent edits can be attributed to the SPS,” the statement reads.
“We will continue to move forward with all of the positive work that has been done, and continues to be done, that came out of the Stonechild Inquiry and other initiatives that we have spearheaded.”
It goes on to state Wikipedia is not an authorized source of information about the Saskatoon Police Service, and notes a number of SPS programs have launched on First Nations issues, diversity training and community supports.