Alberta hands a ~30-person team about a quarter of all police use-of-force cases in the entire country — then for years cut or froze its budget. The result is two-to-five-year investigations, a leadership exodus, and families left waiting while memories fade and limitation clocks run out.
ASIRT became part of the new Police Review Commission on December 1, 2025. The PRC carries a 180-day investigation target — but it is enforced only by a requirement to publicly explain delays, and the body still employs former police officers as investigators. Critics say the rebrand left the underlying funding and independence problems unaddressed. See the cycle.