Regina Police Officer Charged with Breach of Trust and Firearm Possession

Regina police have announced breach of trust and firearms charges against one of their own constables.

Constable Sheldon Kowalchuk, a seven-year member of the service, was charged on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, according to a police release. Police say an internal investigation came first, and Crown prosecutors were consulted before the charges were laid. Kowalchuk was suspended from duty that morning.

The release says the case stems from a provincial firearm amnesty in 2022. An amnesty is a temporary window in which owners may surrender firearms to be destroyed, and no criminal penalty applies if the conditions are met. Police allege Kowalchuk, acting in connection with his duties, took a prohibited firearm for his own benefit after it was delivered to him to be destroyed. That is the basis of the breach of trust charge under section 122 of the Criminal Code.

He is also charged under section 91(1) with unauthorized possession of a firearm. Police allege he possessed a prohibited firearm without a licence allowing it and without a registration certificate for it.

These are allegations. Nothing has been proven in court, and Kowalchuk is presumed innocent. The release does not describe the firearm or say where it is now.

Kowalchuk is scheduled to make his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on December 15, 2026.

The service’s Professional Standards Unit is leading the investigation. Anyone with information can call the unit at 306-777-6514.