SASKATOON – A split jury trial started for Travis Patron in Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench Monday. He is charged with impersonating a peace officer, criminal harassment, and failing to comply with court-ordered conditions.
On previous appearances in Saskatoon Provincial Court, the former leader of the now defunct Canadian Nationalist Party, has refused to answer judge's questions.
Patron was arrested Aug. 2, 2023. Saskatoon police had responded to a hotel in the 600-block of Spadina Cres. on July 29, about a disturbance involving a man impersonating a peace officer. Patron allegedly approached a woman and her child, identified himself as a police officer and accused her of abduction. The woman went into the hotel with her child to get help and Patron allegedly followed her inside and caused a disturbance. Bystanders intervened and Patron fled on foot, say Saskatoon police.
Then, on Aug. 1, 2023, police say that a man identified himself as a peace officer and offered to escort a woman in the 70-block of Campus Drive on the U of S campus. The woman declined and the man left. The U of S released his photo and warned staff and students that Patron wasn’t to be on the U of S property.
Police obtained video evidence and identified Patron as the suspect in both incidents.
Court documents show that Patron now lives in Saskatoon. He used to live in Redvers.
This report by SASKTODAY was first published Jan. 15, 2024.
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