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Saskatoon police Chief Clive Weighill said he is angry and upset that someone from inside police headquarters altered the department’s Wikipedia page to erase all references to ‘starlight tours.’

“It really does upset me. It’s just another step backward,” Weighill said at a board of police commissioners meeting on Thursday.

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The revelation that the page had been altered came two weeks ago, after a university student discovered that someone using a computer inside police headquarters had erased a reference to ‘starlight tours.’

The deleted section of the Wikipedia page outlined the history of police officers allegedly taking aboriginal men outside the city and dropping them off to walk home. The section has since been reposted, but Weighill said it pains him that someone — likely someone inside the department — would try to erase the dark chapter of the police force’s history.

“We are not trying to hide. Everyone knows it happened,” Weighill said.

Because police computer records are removed every 30 days and the edit to the page happened three years ago, Weighill said it’s impossible to find out who did it. He acknowledged that the editing history of the page shows an Internet Protocol address that is owned by the police force.

If any officer or police employee was found editing the page in such a way, they could face disciplinary action, he said.