Two Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officers who made public statements supporting the trucker protest opposing COVID-19 mandates and restrictions have been suspended without pay. As of Feb. 23, Constable Elena Golysheva and Staff Sergeant Rick Abbott have both been “relieved of duty without pay following a preliminary internal review,” said EPS spokesperson Cheryl Sheppard in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times on Feb. 26. “The EPS Professional Standards Branch is continuing with an investigation under the Police Service Regulation. As such, I am not able to provide any additional information.” On Feb. 12, both Golysheva and Abbott spoke at a convoy rally near the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta., commending the truckers and their supporters for their efforts, and a video of their speeches was posted on Facebook. “We’re on a little bit of thin ice, up here doing this, but so are you out there,” Abbott told the …