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An Edmonton Police Service constable has been suspended 40 hours without pay after admitting to striking her former common-law spouse — another member of the service — hours after she graduated from recruit training class.

Const. Jocelyn Wynnyk pleaded guilty on Dec. 4 to one count of discreditable conduct under the Police Act.

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According to the agreed statement of facts, the altercation with her spouse — identified only as Const. A.B. for privacy reasons — happened around 1 a.m. on March 16, 2018, at their Fort Saskatchewan home following Wynnyk’s police service graduation ceremony.

The two were off-duty and had been drinking throughout the evening and had taken an Uber home, according to the agreed facts. When they got home, Wynnyk became upset when A.B. began to play with their two puppies, riling them up while, unbeknownst to him, Wynnyk’s father slept downstairs.

Wynnyk worried A.B. would disturb her father, and became upset when he would not be quiet and go to bed. This resulted in a “physical struggle with Wynnyk attempting to drag A.B. to bed while placing her hand over his mouth to prevent him from yelling.”