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Alberta police watchdog refers 2021 shooting to the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service to consider a culpable homicide charge, but after a review, the Crown won't pursue a criminal case.
Alberta's police watchdog is on pace for its busiest year ever, while it also works through a backlog of investigations from up to six years earlier.
On March 20, 2022, a male was arrested by Calgary Police Service (CPS) officers. At the arrest-processing centre, an officer repeatedly used force on the handcuffed male, resulting in his being injured and hospitalized for treatment.
Arrests were made following a Nov. 14, 2020, case where a vehicle fled police outside Lacombe, about 126 km south of Edmonton.
An RCMP officer is facing two charges of assault in connection with an arrest that occurred near Lacombe, Alta., in 2020, according to Alberta's police watchdog.