Assessment said he’s a high risk to re-offend
The Edmonton Sun (Edmonton, Canada)
Edmonton, Canada -- A man convicted of manslaughter for his role in the shooting death of city police officer Ezio Faraone has been granted limited day parole for three months to attend a drug treatment program.
A psychological assessment dated late November said Albert Foulston was a high risk to re-offend, but other factors deemed him a moderate risk.
In the summer, he was sent back to a medium security jail after further heroin use. The National Parole Board granted him limited day parole last Wednesday, but denied him full parole.
Edmonton police were upset about the decision.
“You’re talking about a guy who has a demonstrated, lengthy history of reoffending every single time he is given the opportunity,” said Staff Sgt. Peter Ratcliff, president of the Edmonton Police Association.
“This is a guy with a litany of breaking the rules and not just in normal every day life, but when he is given an opportunity to show he should be given some sort of chance, he blows it, he screws it up. How many chances do you offer these people before you say your chances have just been enough already? When’s enough enough?”
Faraone, 33, died when he spotted what he believed was the getaway car from a bank robbery while on a routine patrol in his police car.
As he approached the vehicle after trapping it in a back alley, Foulston got out with his hands up. A second man, Jerry Crews, jumped up from the back seat of the car and blasted Faraone twice with a shotgun.
Crews was sentenced in 1991 to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Foulston’s part in Faraone’s murder caused outrage because he was on parole at the time.
He has 51 criminal convictions and has never completed an early release without committing another crime.
By January 2002, he had been involved in about 100 incidents in prison, including attacks on jail staff and fellow inmates.
Foulston has to live at a halfway house during his three months on limited day parole. He has to abide by an 8 p.m. curfew, and has been denied overnight leave. He also has to stay off all intoxicants, say parole board documents.
Foulston is eligible for statutory release on Dec. 18 when he will have served two-thirds of a 20-year sentence for his part in the Faraone killing.