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Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 50-year-old man who was restrained by Edmonton police officers inside an ambulance last week, and died three days later.
Paramedics responded to a call at around 11:15 p.m. last Thursday and found a man unresponsive on the floor inside a home. They called police shortly before midnight because “the patient had reportedly become combative,” according to a Tuesday news release from the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
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On May 28, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an encounter between members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) and a 50-year-old man, who subsequently went into medical distress. Officers had been sent to assist Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel.
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Investigation into Red Deer RCMP officer-involved shooting continues
On May 24, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting that took place that same day in Red Deer, and resulted in the death of a 46-year-old man.
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On that day at about 8:50 p.m., the Red Deer Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received several calls reporting an erratic driver operating a grey Volkswagen Jetta. The vehicle was located by RCMP a short time later entering the parking garage of the Red Deer Regional Hospital. Both the responding RCMP member and the driver and lone occupant of the Jetta, the 46-year-old man, exited their vehicles, whereupon the police officer began speaking with the man. The officer called for backup, which arrived a short time later while attempts to communicate with the man continu
Calgary police cleared in fatal shooting of woman who was stabbing her son
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Police vehicles at Calgary Police Service headquarters on April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CALGARY – Alberta’s police watchdog says Calgary police shot and killed a 33-year-old Indigenous woman to save her son.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response team says it was directed to investigate the woman’s death and an injury to her 17-year-old son during an encounter with police in May 2018.
The agency says in a release that the woman had a tragic past and extensive criminal history involving violence, and a warrant had been issued for her arrest after she failed to return to a residence for women transitioning into the community from prison.