Alberta Serious Incident Response Team

• 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
  
• Man killed by RCMP drew weapons, may have made bomb threat: Alberta police watchdog

  The watchdog says it's working to identify people who may have witnessed the matter and is asking anyone who was in the area at the time to contact them.

  Crime

  Jan 16
  
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• No charges against officers in Fort McMurray arrest of Chief Allan Adam: watchdog

  The province's police watchdog has released the findings of its review.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2024
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• Brother of Alberta man killed by police wants answers: ‘I just want truth’

  Mounties say they were called Saturday evening with the report of an attempted stabbing at a bus stop.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2024
• No charges in double fatal Edmonton police shooting that left innocent man dead

  ASIRT has released its report into the Feb. 2022 shooting involving EPS and an armed robbery suspect, in which James Hanna was killed when bullets came through his apartment wall.

  Crime

  Dec 11, 2024
• Leduc RCMP officer charged with sexual assault after 2022 hotel party

  ASIRT said the sexual assault allegedly took place in an Airdrie hotel room while a group of people socialized in the early morning hours of Dec. 3, 2022.

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2024
• RCMP justified in shooting man high on meth who attacked woman, choked her dog: ASIRT

  ASIRT said a Cold Lake RCMP officer was justified in fatally shooting a man who, while high on meth, assaulted a woman, choked her dog, stole her car keys and stabbed a police dog.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2024
• Alberta police watchdog investigates in-custody death in Calgary

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been directed to investigate the events leading up to the man's death.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2024
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• Edmonton police officer, woman injured during arrest after call of rocks thrown into traffic

  Police were called Thursday morning to reports of a woman throwing rocks at vehicles near 127th Avenue and 97th Street.

  Crime

  Oct 11, 2024
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• ‘Heartbreaking’: AFN national chief reacts to in-custody death of Indigenous man in Calgary

  The man died on Sept. 17 following an encounter he had with police officers at a hotel in southeast Calgary.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2024