Alberta Serious Incident Response Team

• Investigation launched after man dies following arrest by Calgary police

  Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating use of force in the death of a Calgary man in custody. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says the death happened when police responded to a domestic dispute in the northeast community of Abbeydale on Saturday night. As they were checking it out, another report came in about...

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  Jul 16
  
• Alberta police watchdog agency investigating in-custody Calgary death

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response team has been called in to investigate the death of a man after he was taken into custody by Calgary police.

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  Jul 13
  
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• ASIRT releases more details in shooting death of man by police near Irricana, Alta

  Two RCMP officers were responding to a domestic call at a rural home near Irricana when the shooting happened, ASIRT said in a news release.

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  Jul 10
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• ASIRT to probe unprecedented conduct of Edmonton police in child manslaughter case

  ASIRT is investigating the Edmonton Police Service's unprecedented move last fall to issue a scathing letter over the Crown's acceptance of a manslaughter plea in a child's death.

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  Jun 11
• Calgary officer cleared after police dog mistakenly takes down nine-year-old girl

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has cleared a Calgary police officer of any wrongdoing after a police dog mistakenly bit a girl in February 2025.

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  May 20
• Alberta has new watchdog commission to investigate complaints against police

  The government of Alberta has created the Police Review Commission to investigate serious complaints about police misconduct in the province.

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  Dec 1, 2025
• Police watchdog clears RCMP officers who shot, killed Alberta teen in Wetaskiwin

  Two Wetaskiwin RCMP officers who fatally shot a teenage boy after he called 911 and then pretended to have a gun won't be charged, Alberta's police watchdog has determined.

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  Nov 6, 2025
• Edmonton police officer charged with sexual assault, unlawful confinement by ASIRT

  An Edmonton Police Service officer is charged with sexual assault, unlawful confinement, unlawfully in a dwelling house, and breach of trust after an on-duty incident in 2023.

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  Nov 6, 2025
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• Suicidal man wanted RCMP to shoot him in Sherwood Park in July, ASIRT says

  ASIRT said a man who wanted to die showed up at the Strathcona County RCMP with a note apologizing to officers, and pointed a gun with the intention of being killed by police.

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  Oct 21, 2025
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• Edmonton police officer charged in shooting of stabbing suspect in 2024

  Edmonton Police Service Sgt. Neil Thompson was charged with one count of aggravated assault after shooting a bar stabbing suspect in the west end last year.

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  Sep 5, 2025