EDMONTON – A Camrose woman says she was left battered and bruised on Saturday 
following a traffic stop she will never forget.
Dr. Simona Tibu was on her way to see patients in Edmonton that morning, when she was pulled over by an Alberta sheriff for speeding.
Tibu claims the sheriff violently hit her WINDOW
. When she opened it, he asked her to hand over her drivers license and insurance information.
“I advised him I would do so if he stopped hitting my car.”
Tibu also told him that if he didn’t, she would record him on her phone.
“At that moment, he became very violent. He took his hands through my window, hit my 
right hand, where I have bruises on it, smashed my cell phone out of my hands, and told me… ‘Get out of your car now.’”
She listened to the sheriff, who handcuffed her. With her arms behind her back, Tibu says the sheriff then began hitting her breasts.
Fearing for her life, she began to scream, hoping someone would hear her and help.
Tibu says that only made the sheriff even more aggressive. She claims he pressed his knees into hers until they were bruised, and pushed his pelvis into her back.
“I felt a hit in my head then he smashed my head on the pavement on the road until I was full of blood. Then he told me, ‘Now I’m going to walk all over you.’”
She remembers seeing a man show up, and eventually an RCMP officer and ambulance arrived at the scene.
Tibu was taken to hospital. She suffered bruises all over her body, including her breasts.
After speaking with an RCMP officer, she was shocked to learn she was being charged with resisting ARREST, but the sheriff involved in the alleged incident wasn’t facing any charges.
“I am going to make justice happen,” she says. “No individual should be handcuffed and be beaten by the police. No women should be handcuffed by the police and be sexually assaulted.”
Tibu has contacted a lawyer, and wants to see charges laid against the sheriff. She has already filed a complaint against him with the Professional Standards unit.
A spokesperson in the Solicitor General’s office says that investigation could begin right away, or may have to wait until any RCMP investigation is completed.
In the meantime, the sheriff in question is still at work.
