Kevin Gregson

Biography Early life Gregson was born of Métis descent on the Cote Reserve, Kamsack, Saskatchewan and raised in Ottawa after he was adopted at two days old by Reid and Faye Gregson. They were not given any medical information about his biological family, his mother’s pregnancy or his birth. During this encounter he pulled a knife and stated that he was trained to kill. He was found guilty and received a conditional discharge.

Personal life and education Gregson studied addictions counselling at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Career Gregson graduated from RCMP Academy, Depot Division on August 4, 1998. On February 12, 2000, Gregson was cited for bravery for disarming a gunman near Pelly, Saskatchewan.

In 2009, Commissioner Elliott stated that Gregson had recently been suspended without pay and asked to resign from the RCMP or face dismissal. Gregson refused to resign and was in the process of appealing the dismissal. An unnamed veteran RCMP officer remarked of Gregson's case: "When I was in, they didn’t discipline you out; they forced you out by making your life miserable. That remains part of the culture. That’s what they were trying to do." According to the RCMP Act, the force cannot place an emotionally troubled member into treatment, although they can threaten dismissal to persuade the member to receive treatment. The Ottawa Citizen found that Gregson remained on the RCMP payroll during the disciplinary and termination proceedings.

He claimed he killed Czapnik as part of a "suicide attempt on his part. He wanted a gun because he couldn't do it with the knife he had." He later said in a police video that "My intent was to die. "So I needed a gun ... police officers have guns ... so I went to a hospital." This claim was despite Gregson wearing two bulletproof vests during the attack. He said during the interrogation and testimony he tried to cut his own throat in the bathtub that night. He partially blamed his conduct on cranial colloid cysts he believed he had.

The Ottawa Police Service charged Gregson with first-degree murder, robbery and using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offense. On March 13, 2012, a jury returned a guilty verdict for the charges of first-degree murder and robbery, with a sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years. When the sexual assault of the 10-year old girl was discovered shortly after Gregson's initial sentencing, he was sentenced to another ten years in September 2012; the sentence is to be served concurrently.