Alberta Serious Incident Response Team

• 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.

  Crime

  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.

  Crime

  Jul 29
  
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• 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.

  Crime

  Jul 15
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• 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.

  Crime

  Mar 14
• 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.

  Crime

  Mar 6
• 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
• 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
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• 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