Since a letter leaked online Monday indicating Alicia Morrow filed a complaint against Regina Police Chief Farooq Sheikh, her lawyer said she’s been dealing with targeted harassment and emotional harm.
The letter was published online, a response from the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) to Morrow’s apparent complaint, with the Regina Board of Police Commissioners CC’d.
Morrow was a member of the board of police commissioners from August 2024 until earlier this year. She was listed as a member who was present at the commission’s meeting in January, was not there in February, and was no longer listed for the March meeting. Her name and photo were also removed from the board’s website some time in March.
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Early in April, it was announced Sheikh was being suspended from his position as chief due to a complaint and that the PCC would be investigating.
No details have been released about the substance of the complaint. Morrow’s lawyer, Sharon Fox, only said in her statement that “the allegations under investigation by the PCC are serious.”
Fox said the leak of the letter “is a clear and calculated attempt to intimidate, silence and re-victimize her” and has significantly raised the risk to Morrow’s safety.
It was pointed out that the leak happened on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples, and Morrow is an Indigenous woman.
“This breach is not just a violation of privacy—it is emblematic of the broader crisis facing Indigenous women, who are disproportionately subjected to violence, retaliation, and institutional silencing when they come forward,” read the statement from Fox.
“The timing and nature of this leak only reinforce the systemic barriers Indigenous women face when seeking justice and accountability.”
The Ministry of Justice, on behalf of the PCC, wouldn’t comment on the complaint or investigation itself, but did said it’s confident no “inappropriate disclosures” have been made about the investigation by anyone in the commission or government.