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“I disagree with HR moving to the City of Calgary — I don’t think it’s allowed under the Police Act anyhow.”

The workplace review released in November 2013 states there was a systemic culture of “intimidation and retaliation” against those who brought up concerns of unfair treatment.

Some of those interviewed for the document said they were punished by being given less desirable assignments after lodging complaints.

“Some of the women interviewed reported that over their career they had ‘1,000 stab wounds’ from workplace interactions,” states the review.

Sutherland said painting the force as permeated with intimidation is an inaccuracy, a word used by Police Chief Roger Chaffin to describe the allegations in a Facebook message he posted Thursday.

“These things are going on, but we can’t paint it as the whole culture,” he said.

“That was 2009, 2013 — since then, the programs have been put into place and are being taken more seriously.”

Interactions with “hundreds and hundreds of police officers” has convinced him those issues, while real, are not widespread, but Sutherland said the latest revelations have badly impacted morale.

Colley-Urquhart also revealed a group of female officers approached her last spring to voice complaints about their treatment within the force.

Sutherland questioned why she never brought that up with the commission and voiced frustration she didn’t attend a police commission meeting on Tuesday where the issues were discussed.