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The Edmonton homicide detective whose comments so offended a second-year law school student she demanded he be suspended was in fact told he was on “administrative leave” and would be involuntarily transferred from the murder squad.

That flies in the face of what an Edmonton Police Service spokesperson told the National Post earlier this week — that Staff Sgt. Bill Clark would remain on the job pending an investigation of the complaint by the professional standards unit.

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In fact, the Post has learned, homicide Insp. Scott Jones told the squad earlier this week that Clark was, in effect, “done” and that his job would be advertised Friday.

But instead, amid a backlash that saw most of the students in the University of Alberta class support both Clark’s presence on campus and his rough but “informative and helpful” presentation, the suspension was lifted Friday.

The veteran officer, sources within the department say, was told he would remain with homicide, but assigned only to administrative duties.