Marathon runner claims Saskatoon police dropped him outside city
A man well known in Saskatchewan’s marathon and triathlon communities alleged he was dropped off by police outside Saskatoon and left to fend for himself.
Ken Thomas went to a concert last Saturday night in Saskatoon. Afterwards, he went to Stan’s Place, a bar on the city’s South side.
“I had a few drinks and I went outside for a cigarette and two police officers in a black SUV [approached me] and said I fit the description of someone who had been digging in vehicles, and they detained me,” he said.
Thomas said he was taken to a location South of Saskatoon and dropped off. In an effort to keep warm, Thomas said he ran back to the city. He said he does not know for sure where he was dropped but said it took him over an hour to get back home.