Alberta Serious Incident Response Team

• 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.

  Crime

  Dec 1
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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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.

  Crime

  Oct 21
• 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
• Retired Mountie charged with aggravated assault in 2019 Eckville shooting

  Six years after a Mountie shot a suspect in the face west of Red Deer, charges against the now-retired RCMP officer have been laid.

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  Jul 29
• Victim’s mother relieved after Calgary police officer charged with 2nd-degree murder

  A Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow speed pursuit in 2023.

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  Jul 15
• Judge won’t review case involving EPS officer who kicked teen’s head like a ‘soccer ball’

  Pacey Dumas, then 18, sustained life-threatening injuries after he was given a 'soccer ball' style kick to the head in 2020 by Edmonton Police Service Const. Ben Todd.

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  Mar 14
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• Man shot by Edmonton police believed to have killed gangster same day: ASIRT

  A man that was found in a stolen car and later killed by Edmonton police on New Year's Eve in 2021 is believed to have also killed a Redd Alert gang member earlier that same day.

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  Mar 6
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• Retired judge to oversee review of Alberta’s police watchdog, Crown prosecutors

  Retired judge Peter Martin will oversee a review of ASIRT and the Crown prosecution service, in lights of watchdog cases where criminal charges were recommended but not pursued.

  Crime

  Jan 30