A former Saskatoon police officer, fired in September with two other officers after an off-duty hot tub party in his backyard, is now charged with assault.
Dylan Kemp was arrested, charged and released on Thursday, according to a news release from the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). He is scheduled to appear in Saskatoon provincial court Nov. 27.
SIRT did not identify the officer as Kemp. Multiple sources confirmed his identity to CBC.
The agency became involved after Saskatoon police launched its own internal code of conduct review into the events at the party last fall.
SIRT investigates “matters where serious injury or death may have occurred while in the custody of police, as a result of the actions of a police officer, or where sexual assault or interpersonal violence involving police are alleged,” according to its website.
Its yearlong investigation “determined that reasonable grounds existed to believe that an offence had been committed,” the news release said.
The house party
On Aug. 28, CBC reported that five officers were suspended because of a house party in September 2024 hosted by a member of the elite Emergency Response Team, also known as the tactical team.
That host was Dylan Kemp.
Officers who contacted CBC said that a tactical team member allegedly physically assaulted a junior female officer at the party. That officer is the complainant in Kemp’s assault charge.
The officers also alleged that a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang was an invited guest at the party, and that his presence jeopardized the police undercover program.
At the news conference announcing that three officers were fired, Saskatoon police Chief Cameron McBride said he did not believe any undercover operations were compromised.
However, partly as a result of the investigation, the police service has updated its conflict of interest policy to forbid officers from associating with anyone “deemed to be undesirable” and where that relationship poses a risk to the member or the police service.
All three officers are appealing their firings.
The Quiet Fight
In May 2025, Kemp and Jason Garland, one of the other officers fired after the party, launched a podcast called The Quiet Fight.
They billed it in promos as “the show that talks honestly about what the job does to your mind, your body, your identity as a man.”
“We’re here for the ones who show up, who carry the weight, and who often suffer in silence. No shrink talk, no fluff. Just real conversations about burnout, trauma, addiction, leadership, and life beyond the badge.”
They did not identify themselves on the show as Saskatoon police officers, and used only their first names. They did not reveal that they began the podcast while on suspension and under investigation.
CBC published a story about the podcast, but Kemp and Garland both declined requests for interviews. Multiple police officers reached out to CBC after the story ran, identifying Kemp and Garland as suspended officers.
The Saskatoon Police Service declined requests to discuss its social media policy.
The Saskatoon Police Association, the union representing more than 600 members, confirmed Kemp and Garland as part of the association in May.
As of Friday, The Quiet Fight‘s YouTube channel has 254 subscribers. It has 19 episodes available on Spotify.
