Posted: Mar 08, 2021 2:00 AM MT | Last Updated: March 8
In December, Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips received documents from a request made under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, which show that five different Lethbridge police officers searched her name on a police database in 2018. (Dave Rae/CBC News )
Investigation into serious injury following contact with EPS
On Feb. 28, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding a serious injury sustained by a 39-year-old man following contact with members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS).
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At about 7:39 a.m., EPS received a call from a resident of an upper floor apartment in a residential tower in west Edmonton. It was reported that a 39-year-old man in the apartment was in a distressed state, under the influence of a controlled substance, and was acting erratically, throwing things off the balcony onto the ground below, and, at times, sitting on the railing of the balcony.
The provincial police watchdog is continuing to investigate a fatal police shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon, but have identified the victim as a woman in her 20s.
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Alberta’s police watchdog says two Calgary officers fatally shot a 20-year-old woman in a city hotel after she appeared with a firearm, later identified as a “replica handgun pellet pistol.”
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The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), which probes instances of serious injury or death involving police, was directed to investigate on Wednesday and released some details Thursday about how events unfolded.
ASIRT said responding officers went to the third floor of the hotel to respond to a call placed by a woman, believed to be the victim, who “sounded distressed” and threatened self-harm.
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