Mickleborough Reinstated With Full Pay By MJPS

The long legal battle is over for a Moose Jaw Police Service superintendent.

Superintendent Taylor Mickleborough, a 25 year member of the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) has been reinstated to the Moose Jaw Police Service effective this month with full salary and benefits.

Mickleborough had been terminated by former MJPS police chief Rick Bourassa in October 2024 for offences never made public.

Mickleborough fought his dismissal and never had his day of appeal to the Saskatchewan Police Commission on numerous occasions as the hearing was put off on several occasions for unknown grounds.

Since Mickleborough’s termination the MJPS has a new new chief - Robert Davis - which may well have something to do with the attitude change on the issue as there was a legal review.

“I give lots of credit to the very experienced and highly regarded legal counsel that were engaged by both the Moose Jaw Police Service and by Taylor Mickleborough. I am impressed with the professionalism with which they have assessed the evidence and the issues. Legal counsel focused on strong legal principles, including the expectation of high standards of conduct and leadership from senior members of the service, the absence of prior discipline, recognized contributions to the community over years’ service, the health and financial security of families, and the value of long-term police service to the community,” Chief Davis said in a statement.

A major underlying concern was the effect a hearing would have had on the police and the community.

“I have little doubt that a public hearing would have been incredibly stressful for all involved, detrimental to the culture of the organization, diverted resources from their regular duties at a time when we all need to focus on the safety of the City and, in the end, would have resulted in Taylor’s full reinstatement,” the Chief added in a release.

“Like many of his colleagues at the police service, Taylor has a spouse, and they are raising a young family in the community. I am very mindful of the impact that a decision to end a career and livelihood has had on Taylor’s family, as it would in any policing family. I want all of our team to know and be confident that I will not take lightly the value of their service and careers, or their place in our community.”

Although the MJPS have not released the full details of Mickleborough’s reinstatement MJ Independent has confirmed through confidential police sources it will include his back pay as well as legal fees.

No further detail(s) of the incident(s) leading up to Mickleborough’s reinstatement have been released.

MJPS Press Release - page one

MJPS Press Release - page two

Editor’s Note - as part of full disclosure MJ Independent was at one time investigated by a member of the Regina Police Service at the behest of former MJPS Chief Rick Bourassa to reveal our sources as we kept on publishing confidential MJPS information. The response was journalism isn’t a crime.

Being investigated did not influence the editorial stance of this or a number of stories we wrote about the MJPS.