Art Dagenais

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Art Dagenais
Nationality Canada
Other names Arthur Dagenais

Art Dagenais or Arthur Dagenais was a Canadian farmer, from Saskatchewan, best known for his troubled interactions with law enforcement officials, after his son, Curtis Dagenais, shot and killed two police officers, in July 2006.[1]

Dagenais was tazed during a vehicle inspectin, on October 26, 2007.[2] Dagenais accused the officer, Kenneth Palen, of trying to kill him. Palen sued Dagenais for defamation. In February 2013 a court ruled in Palen's favour. Palen had sought $300,000 in damages. The court ordered Dagenais to pay $10,000, plus Palen's legal expenses. He was also prohibited from repeating allegations against Palen. The vehicle inspection was recorded on video. After viewing the video the judge acknowledged Dagenais did fall to the ground, but he agreed with Palen's account, that Dagenais's fall was due to tripping on a crack. He noted no sign of a tazer, and that Palen was not nearby when Dagenais fell.

DUring a search of his vehicle, in August 2012, while visiting his son, in prison, officials found two boxes of ammunition, in plain view.[2] The visible ammunition triggered a misdemeanor charge of mischief, for which he was acquitted.[3] Police would later get a search warrant, for his home, which triggered charges of improper weapons storage. Police found seven weapons.

On October 29, 2013, a judge ruled that there were constitutional problems with the search warrant, making the evidence seized inadmissable.[4]

References

  1. Sean Leslie (2013-11-05). "Art Dagenais’ court battles continue". Saskatchewan Now. https://sasknow.com/2013/11/05/art-dagenais-court-battles-continue/. Retrieved 2022-06-14. "Last week, the warrant used in the search was deemed unconstitutional by a judge, meaning all evidence obtained as a result of the search would be inadmissible." 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Thia James (2013-02-22). "Court orders Arthur Dagenais to pay $10K to defamed Mountie". Prince Albert Now. https://panow.com/2013/02/22/court-orders-arthur-dagenais-to-pay-10k-to-defamed-mountie/. Retrieved 2022-06-14. 
  3. "Art Dagenais headed to trial on firearms charges". CTV News. 2013-11-06. https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/art-dagenais-headed-to-trial-on-firearms-charges-1.1530259. Retrieved 2022-06-14. 
  4. "Dad of Mountie killer had rights breached during home search: judge". Global News (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan). 2013-10-29. https://globalnews.ca/news/931681/dad-of-mountie-killer-had-rights-breached-during-home-search-judge/. Retrieved 2022-06-14. "The judge said because conditions of the search warrant used by RCMP were not met, the search was illegal and the guns cannot be used as evidence."