These Edmonton and Calgary police-involved deaths and serious injuries are still under investigation, with no public decision. The counter shows how long each family has waited. ASIRT investigations routinely take two to five years — the new Police Review Commission set a 180-day target, but it is not enforceable.
"There's an old saying: justice delayed is justice denied. And the [ASIRT] backlog is a pretty good illustration of that." — lawyer Tom Engel, Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association. See why ASIRT can't keep up.
"Days open" is counted from the date of the incident to the project's last-updated date — not from when an investigation formally opened, which is sometimes days or weeks later. A case leaves this list when a public decision (charges, or a clearance) is recorded. Some of these may have been decided since our last update; if so, tell us.