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The Fredericton Police Force has reworked its budget so it can hire staff to help manage evidence in the wake of a force error that resulted in stays of murder charges against five people last year.
4 new hires will help police better manage evidence after error led to stays of murder charges
Aidan Cox · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 24, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 28 minutes ago
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Chief Gary Forward of the Fredericton police says the new staff will help catalogue, analyze and store evidence gathered by detectives. (Shane Fowler / CBC)
The Fredericton Police Force has reallocated funds so new staff can be hired this year to better manage evidence after a police error upended murder cases against five people.
Fredericton council voted Monday to allow the force to spend an additional $298,846 implementing recommendations made in response to a blunder that led to the five murder charges being stayed.
The murder charges related to two Fredericton-area homicides were stayed in June, effectively ending the cases. The nature of the problem that led to the stayed charges hasn’t been released.
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