Construction Hunter Robinz pleads guilty to criminal breach of trust

An Edmonton Police Service officer facing sexual assault charges has pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust.

Construction Hunter Robinz was charged in 2020 with sexual assault, as well as unauthorized use of a computer database and two counts of breach of trust.

A 24-year-old woman said Robinz attacked her in July 2019 after he visited her home while he was on duty and in uniform.

According to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), Robinz had previously encountered the woman during a call for service.

ASIRT says its investigators found evidence that between March 2017 and June 2019, Robinz “engaged in a pattern of conduct that involved on-duty contact with women that violated the standard of responsibility and conduct required of a police officer.”

ASIRT also says it found evidence that between September 2018 and July 2019, Robinz accessed secure databases to obtain people’s names and addresses “for personal reasons unrelated to his duties as a police officer.”

Charges of sexual assault and unauthorized use of a computer database were withdrawn in exchange for a guilty plea to criminal breach of trust.

His sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.

Robinz was convicted of unsafe storage of a firearm after a separate incident in Stony Plain in 2021.

Robinz was suspended without pay following the announcement of these charges, EPS said.

CTV News Edmonton has reached out to EPS for an update on his employment status.