MOOSE JAW — It may be a new year, but what hasn’t changed is that another multi-day hearing into the alleged actions of a former Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) officer is no longer going ahead.
The Saskatchewan Police Commission (SPC) was to hear the matter between Supt. Taylor Mickleborough and the chief of police for the MJPS from Monday, Jan. 5 to Wednesday, Jan. 8. However, similar to 2025, it cancelled those dates without explanation.
This is the fifth time the commission has cancelled and rescheduled hearing dates for Mickleborough’s matters. The first hearing — all were scheduled in 2025 — was supposed to happen from July 23 to 25, the second gathering was to have occurred from Aug. 27 to 29, the third hearing was supposed to have been Oct. 7 to 10, and the fourth gathering was scheduled for Oct. 20 to 21.
The SPC has adjourned the matter to Monday, Feb. 9, at 9 a.m. at the Grant Hall Hotel. The scheduled days for the matter are now Feb. 9 to 13, March 30 to 31 and April 1 to 2, and April 15 to 17.
According to previous information, former police chief Rick Bourassa suspended Mickleborough around August or September 2024, before outright firing the 24-year member in about September, based on information that MooseJawToday.com learned in October 2024.
Mickleborough began his policing career in 2000 and worked in traffic enforcement, criminal investigations and the serious crimes unit, while he won several awards during his nearly three decades in uniform.
The police service confirmed in early October 2024 that Mickleborough was no longer with the force but declined to offer any further details about the firing, nor what sections of the Saskatchewan Police Act he may have violated.
During a meeting of the Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners in early October 2024, Bourassa — who resigned in January 2025 because of health issues — confirmed that he fired Mickleborough using Section 60 of The Police Act as his guide. He said that section gives criteria to chiefs on how and when they can dismiss members.
Also, the former chief said Section 61 of the act gives dismissed members the ability to appeal to the Saskatchewan Police Commission, which would then hold a public hearing on the matter.
Bourassa had said he wanted to respect the legal process and noted that saying anything else or litigating or trying those matters outside of those hearings “would be wildly inappropriate.”
They met again by phone in late February to exchange information so they could start determining how long the hearing might take. They also held other phone meetings in the following weeks, but those were held in private.
According to the City of Moose Jaw’s 2024 public accounts, Mickleborough was one of the highest-paid police officers in the city that year, earning $151,192.76.
Information about the Saskatchewan Police Commission can be found here.
