Gelowitz and police service come to conditional agreement for reinstatement

A former Saskatoon police officer could be getting his job back after a dismissal last summer.

The lawyers for the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) and former constable Jarett Gelowitz have reached an agreement that could conditionally see him reinstated into an administrative role. Police Act hearing officer Jay Watson reserved his decision so he can look over an agreed upon statement of facts.

Watson reserved his decision, so he can review a fresh jointly-submitted statement of facts by the two parties. Watson said the decision isn’t expected to take long.

A draft submission read Monday at a brief hearing detailed an admitted major offence by Gelowitz, neglect of duty and discreditable conduct relating to a purse at the police service centre.

Three other minor offences were also read, which included the removal and destruction of a picture from a special constable’s work place, abuse of authority in using excessive force in an arrest, and failing to show up for his scheduled duty hours or securing necessary permission for others to cover the shifts.

The major offence would be on Gelowitz’ service record for five years, while the minor offences would be on his record for two years.

The agreement reached between the two parties would include the reinstatement, a year of probation with additional training, along with back pay from the time he was dismissed minus any earnings he received during his time away from the force.

Seniority, along with benefits will also be honoured by the SPS, and Gelowitz will conditionally be put in an administrative role away from the service centre if he’s reinstated.

Gelowitz was charged with three counts of assault related to alleged excessive force in the course of arrests. He was acquitted of one charge, with another dropped and another stayed.

Both parties declined to comment on the ongoing manner.