Suspended Nunavut RCMP officer faces six months probation for firearm charge

Cst. Ian Kaulback, an RCMP member serving in Arviat (shown here), already facing previous charges of child luring over the internet, was charged this past summer with one count of careless storage of a firearm, breach of recognizance and mischief under $5,000. (FILE PHOTO)

A suspended RCMP constable who was living in Nunavut was given a conditional discharge related to June firearm incident at his home in Arviat.

Cst. Ian Kaulback, already facing previous charges of child luring over the internet, was charged this past summer with one count of careless storage of a firearm, breach of recognizance and mischief under $5,000.

In the early morning hours of June 8, members of the RCMP detachment in Arviat responded to a disturbance at his home, registered to the name of his spouse.

Court documents show Ian Kaulback damaged the wall of the home, although it does not specify if the damage was caused by the firearm.

In Nunavut court this past August, Kaulback, 28, was given a conditional discharge for the firearm change, a sentence handed down when an individual is found guilty but no conviction is registered.

Kaulback’s two other charges were stayed.

Now Kaulback faces six months’ probation, some of which he’s spending in Nova Scotia.

Nunavut’s justice department said Kaulback applied to move to that province for a training program.

While Kaulback is in eastern Canada, he’ll also appear in a Newfoundland and Labrador court to answer to previous charges which led to his unpaid suspension from the RCMP.

While serving as an RCMP constable in Labrador, Kaulback was charged in February 2013 with unlawfully luring a child under the age of 16 by means of a computer.

Kaulback pleaded not guilty to the charge and was later released on bail with strict conditions.

Kaulback was charged with another count of child luring earlier this year, this time related to an incident that’s alleged to have taken place between December 2012 and February 2013, while he was stationed in another Newfoundland community.

A preliminary inquiry into both charges is scheduled to begin Nov. 18 in Happy Valley-Goose Bay provincial court.

Nunavut’s justice department said Kaulback is expected to return to Arviat in the new year.