Investigation into death while in EPS custody On Feb. 24, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a 43-year-old man who died during contact with members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) and hospital peace officers, in addition to medical personnel. Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. On Feb. 23, police responded to a residence following a call of a disturbance. Officers dealt with the 43-year-old man and the matter was resolved without charges and without incident. On Feb. 24, at about 12:22 p.m., members of the EPS Police and Crisis Team (PACT) attended to the man’s location as a follow-up and to do a well-being check. PACT is an integrated unit comprising both police officers employed by EPS and mental health workers employed by Alberta Health Services (AHS). Based on the information they received and observations of the man’s behaviour, police apprehended the man pursuant to the provisions of the