A “cop hater” ticketed for chirping his tires in a noisy truck has lost his appeal to the Nova Scotia Police Review Board where he claimed the officer who pulled him over in July 2023 had been stalking him due to his involvement the year before in a protest at the province’s border with New Brunswick.

Thomas Everett asked the three-member panel to review a decision made last spring by the chief of the Amherst Police Department dismissing his complaints against Cpl. Derek Hebert.

The officer, a 16-year veteran on that force, testified he was called in as back-up on July 24, 2023, to help with a traffic stop.

“During the short time he was at the scene, Mr. Everett drove by, travelling in the opposite direction. According to Cpl. Hebert, Mr. Everett slowed his vehicle as he proceeded by, t

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