Police, Sergeant and Attorney General Face Lawsuit

Victoria man claims wrongful arrest.
VICTORIA: A Victoria man who alleges he was assaulted by a senior Victoria Police officer while in jail says he never should have been in jail in the first place.
Frank Blair claims he was arrested by police illegally due to a clerical error and now he's suing the Victoria Police Department, the officer who he says assaulted him, and B.C.'s Attorney General.
The incident first came to light on January 25th when Victoria's Police Chief told reporters one of his senior officers was under investigation.
Sgt. George Chong, a 28 year member of the department, is facing a criminal charge of assault and is the subject of a police act investigation.
Court documents reveal Frank Blair is now suing the Victoria Police Department for wrongful imprisonment and wrongful detention when he was picked up on January 15th
"The officers identified him that evening", says Victoria Police Spokesperson Sgt. Grant Hamilton "And when they checked him on the computer data base there was a condition that laid out that he did have a curfew, and that he was found in violation of that curfew .That's why he was arrested".
But Frank Blair claims the court removed that curfew.
/A\ News obtained a copy of Frank Blair's bail documents from the Victoria Court Registry. The document shows Blair's curfew was removed on December 9th, 2009. But that's not the information that Victoria Police had one month later.
"Central Saanich held the initial file. We contacted them and asked them to forward us a copy of that order - which was done", says Hamilton "That order accompanied Mr. Blair to court"
Frank Blair is also suing the Attorney General alleging negligence of court registry staff for failing to notify or publish the amendments to Blair's bail.
In its statement of defence the Attorney General denies the claim.
However, the Central Saanich Police, the agency responsible for updating Blair's bail conditions on police computer data bases disagrees and says the department looked at all its records and found it received by until the 15th of January..
That was many hours after Blair had been arrested and allegedly assaulted by Sgt. Chong.
In his statement of claim, Frank Blair alleges he sustained injuries and contusions to his mouth and teeth, soft tissue injuries to his neck and head, bruising, and swelling.
Blair is seeking damages for wrongful detention, loss of income , punitive and aggravated damages from the City of Victoria and Sgt. George Chong.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.

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