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Alberta Serious Incident Response Team; Abbreviation: ASIRT: Formation: 2008: Type: Civilian Oversight: Purpose "Investigate incidents or complaints involving serious injury or death of any person, and matters of a serious or sensitive nature, that may have resulted from the actions of a police officer."
The Calgary Police Service was founded on February 7, 1885, [1] and initially consisted of two constables led by Chief Jack Ingram. [2]On October 8, 1993, Constable Rick Sonnenberg was preparing a spike strip to stop a stolen vehicle when he was struck by the fleeing motorist and killed. [3]
Calgary's Police Chief Mark Neufeld defended the actions of his officers, "the call that the police responded to was not—when reported—about mental health. It was a complaint of an assault involving a man in possession of a knife and a stick in a busy public area". [ 9 ]
The following day she was charged with two counts of assault, one count of sexual assault, and one count of unlawful confinement after a clash with anti-trans protestors outside of Western Canada High School in Calgary. Hate motivation was added to the charges after the Calgary Police Hate Crime Prevention Team completed their investigation ...
Reviews public complaints about municipal police officer conduct, and hears appeals of disciplinary actions taken by Chiefs of Police against officers or Peace Officers who have had their appointments cancelled. Public Safety and Emergency Services: Public Security Indigenous Advisory Committee Advisory
In December 2022 Ellis updated the Alberta Police Act to include an independent committee that handles complaints made towards police. [7] Ellis has introduced plans to have police carry mandatory body cams. [8] Ellis gave the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) $4.4 million to combat gang and gun violence. [9]
Nationally, between 6 and 20 percent of citizen-initiated complaints are sustained, said Lou Reiter, a police consultant who trains internal affairs investigators. As HuffPost’s Ryan Reilly noted earlier this year, a lack of transparency and accountability within police departments is a phenomenon hardly limited to Chicago.
Complaints about the noise and traffic tie-ups by some area businesses and residents led to the Calgary Police proposing to severely limit or shut down the Red Mile entirely for the 2006 playoffs. Police announced a zero-tolerance policy on jaywalking, public drunkenness and public nudity.