Police probe questioned

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An internal probe that cleared three RCMP officers of misconduct in a murder investigation lacks credibility, says a Native leader. "I don't believe it is possible to be unbiased when you are of the Red Deer Native Friendship Society. After a trial in March, Justice Peter Power of Court of Queen's Bench criticized investigation methods used by Constables Don Szymiec, Bruce MacGregor and Gary McLeod. "It is clear the rights of the accused were violated and this was an error on the part of the police," Power said after a jury acquitted Kenneth Daychief of second-degree murder. Daychief was charged with the 1985 stabbing death of Alex Gopher on Sunchild Indian Reserve near Rocky Mountain House.