Use Of Force

• Edmonton police use-of-force occurrences increase 8% compared with last year

  Most people against whom force was used did not report injury and about 15 per cent had a minor injury like redness or swelling, according to the report.

  Canada

  Sep 21
  
• Edmonton man relieved to hear officer charged after violent 2019 encounter with police

  A man who says he was beaten up by a police officer is relieved to learn charges have now been laid, but is also frustrated by how difficult it was to get his case to this point.

  Crime

  Aug 31
  
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• Edmonton police officer charged with assault with a weapon in connection with 2019 arrest

  An investigation into an Edmonton police officer's use of force while making an arrest in 2019 has led to charges being laid against the constable.

  Crime

  Aug 30
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• Saint John Police Force arms officers with less-lethal beanbag guns

  The Saint John Police Force has armed four officers and trained 16 on new less-lethal beanbag guns to expand the force's toolkit.

  Crime

  Aug 22
• ASIRT investigating use of force by Medicine Hat police after man dies

  The police oversight body said it will examine the use of force by police officers.

  Crime

  Aug 10
• Black community’s ‘over-representation’ focal point in Hamilton police UOF report

  A Hamilton police use-of-force report not only sparked calls for action from anti-racism advocates, but raised questions around what the data actually means.

  Crime

  Jun 23
• VPD officer convicted of assaulting man during jaywalking arrest apologizes

  Const. Jarrod Sidhu was convicted in February of assault with a weapon for using a Taser on Jamiel Moore-Williams in 2018. Moore-Williams believes he was targeted for being Black.

  Crime

  Jun 14
• Lethbridge police resolved 99.5% of calls without force in 2022: report

  A new report shows that just 165 out of a total of 36,779 police calls required some type of force by officers.

  Crime

  Apr 5
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• B.C. RCMP shoot man after he crashes into vehicles with skid-steer loader

  One witness said they saw the man drive "over one of the cop cars" and push multiple other police vehicles out of the way before he was shot.

  Crime

  Mar 29
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• ASIRT finds no connection between broken ribs, interaction with Calgary police

  There is “no evidence” a woman’s broken ribs came from an interaction with the Calgary Police Service, according to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT).

  Crime

  Mar 10