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Former Calgary police officer fired for abusing database now charged with perjury

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Calgary police officer Joseph Barton was dismissed in 2021 for abusing a work database during a dispute with his ex-wife.

An internal probe determined Barton had improperly used police databases six times in 2017 and 2018 .

He was acquitted in court in then- Alberta provincial court of three perjury charges related to the same matter in the same year .

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