[
  {
    "id": "cps-2022-02-19-latjor-tuel",
    "photo": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LATJOR-TUEL-FUNERAL00000000.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=400&h=400&crop=1",
    "photo_credit": "Global News",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2022-02-19",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Near 45 Street & 17 Avenue S.E., Forest Lawn",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0376, "lng": -113.9697,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Latjor Tuel",
    "victim_age": 41,
    "victim_race": "Black (South Sudanese refugee)",
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On February 19, 2022, Calgary police responded to an assault complaint involving a man with a knife and a stick in Forest Lawn. Latjor Tuel, a South Sudanese refugee and former child soldier reported to suffer from PTSD, was sitting on the sidewalk holding the weapons. After officers deployed less-lethal baton rounds and a conducted-energy weapon, Tuel advanced and stabbed a police dog; two officers fired their service weapons, fatally wounding him. He died at the scene.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT decision (file 2022-0006(S)) found the use of force proportionate, necessary and reasonable; no charges laid.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "Use of force in 2022 fatal police-involved shooting was 'necessary': ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/use-of-force-in-2022-fatal-police-involved-shooting-was-necessary-asirt/"},
      {"outlet": "Open Alberta (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of the Executive Director of ASIRT: fatal Calgary Police shooting February 19, 2022", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2022-0006s"},
      {"outlet": "Global News Calgary", "title": "Alberta police watchdog says deadly 2022 Calgary shooting was 'reasonable'", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10567440/alberta-police-watchdog-calgary-tuel-shooting-report/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Drew significant attention from Calgary's Sudanese/Black community over race and mental-health response concerns. Coordinates approximate to the 45 St & 17 Ave SE intersection."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2022-03-20-ace-bigchild",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2022-03-20",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "CPS Arrest Processing Section (booking area)",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Ace Bigchild",
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": "Indigenous",
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "On March 20, 2022, Ace Bigchild — an intoxicated, handcuffed Indigenous man arrested on outstanding warrants — was assaulted by a Calgary police officer during booking. The officer grabbed him by the hair, threw him to the ground, kicked him, and swept his legs, causing him to hit his head. He was taken to hospital, later suffered an apparent seizure in his cell, and was admitted to intensive care before being discharged March 22.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "Const. David Wilhelm",
    "officer_charges": "Assault (s.266)",
    "disposition": "Charged March 28, 2024. Pleaded guilty; one-year conditional sentence (six months house arrest, six months curfew), 75 hours community service, one year probation.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News Calgary", "title": "Calgary police officer charged with assault connected to 2022 incident", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10390358/calgary-police-officer-charged-assault-2022-incident/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News Calgary", "title": "Court shown video of Calgary officer assaulting handcuffed Indigenous man", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-officer-charged-assault-wilhelm-guilty-sentence-1.7568910"},
      {"outlet": "Western Standard", "title": "Calgary police officer charged with assault following ASIRT investigation", "url": "https://www.westernstandard.news/news/calgary-police-officer-charged-with-assault-following-asirt-investigation/53451"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Officer named because charged and convicted. Age not published."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2022-08-05-radisson-heights",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2022-08-05",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "1500 block of 35 Street S.E., Radisson Heights",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0427, "lng": -113.9836,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On August 5, 2022, Calgary police responded to reports of a man acting erratically and possessing weapons in Radisson Heights. The man, armed with a knife and a box cutter, refused to drop the weapons; one officer discharged a service weapon. He was given first aid and taken to hospital in critical but stable condition.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT report (released Jan 12, 2024) found the officer's use of force justified; no charges.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News Calgary", "title": "ASIRT investigating Friday police shooting in Calgary that sent man to hospital", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-investigating-calgary-police-shooting-1.6543784"},
      {"outlet": "City of Calgary Newsroom", "title": "Officer-involved shooting in Radisson Heights", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/officer-involved-shooting-in-radisson-heights/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim name/age not published."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2022-12-21-varsity-parkade",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2022-12-21",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Parkade, 0–100 block of Varsity Estates Circle N.W.",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.1063, "lng": -114.1330,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On December 21, 2022, Calgary police were called to a report of a man with a weapon (described as a sword) in a Varsity parkade. Officers attempted to de-escalate; when the man refused to comply, an officer discharged a service weapon. He was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition; an officer sustained minor injuries.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "Const. Christopher Huggins",
    "officer_charges": "Aggravated assault; careless use of a firearm",
    "disposition": "Charged February 2025. On February 9, 2026, the Crown stayed both charges. Huggins remained an active CPS member.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News Calgary", "title": "Man in stable condition after police-involved shooting in Calgary", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/9366985/calgary-police-officer-involved-shooting-varsity-december-2022/"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "Calgary police officer charged in relation to 2022 shooting involving a man with a sword", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/calgary-police-officer-charged-in-relation-to-2022-shooting-incident-involving-a-man-with-a-sword/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News Calgary", "title": "Calgary officer charged with aggravated assault, careless use of firearm following ASIRT probe", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-crime-officer-asirt-1.7464097"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Charges laid 2025, stayed by Crown Feb 2026. Officer named because charged."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-02-08-officer-involved-shooting",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-02-08",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Calgary (specific location not confirmed in accessible coverage)",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On February 8, 2023, ASIRT was directed to investigate a Calgary Police Service officer-involved shooting that resulted in a man's death. In a decision published October 20, 2023 (2023-0002s), the officer was cleared and the use of force found reasonable.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officer cleared (ASIRT decision 2023-0002s).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: Calgary Police officer-involved shooting on February 8, 2023", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2023-0002s"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "Calgary police officer cleared in 2023 fatal shooting: ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/calgary-police-officers-use-of-force-in-2023-fatal-shooting-reasonable-asirt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "FOLLOW-UP NEEDED: victim name, age and exact location were not recoverable from accessible coverage. Confirmed only as a real fatal CPS shooting on this date that ASIRT cleared. Do not attach details from the separate Feb 2025 case."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-02-14-mitchell-croston",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-02-14",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Abandoned building, 3000 block of 2 Avenue S.E., Franklin Industrial Park",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0461, "lng": -114.0010,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Mitchell Croston",
    "victim_age": 34,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On February 14, 2023, Calgary police responded to a reported break-in at an abandoned building in Franklin Industrial Park. ASIRT said Mitchell Croston, 34, charged at officers with a roughly three-foot spike and struck one officer; two officers deployed conducted-energy weapons without effect before another officer fired, striking him. Croston received medical treatment but died at the scene.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officer cleared; ASIRT found the use of lethal force justified given the spike attack.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Man killed by Calgary officer ran at police with spike, says ASIRT", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/police-shooting-calgary-asirt-1.6764704"},
      {"outlet": "Calgary Police Service Newsroom", "title": "Officer-involved shooting in Franklin Industrial Park", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/officer-involved-shooting-in-franklin-industrial-park/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Two CEW deployments preceded the gunshot. Coordinates approximate to the 3000 block of 2 Ave SE."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-05-29-memorial-drive-double",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-05-29",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Westbound Memorial Drive, northeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0486, "lng": -113.9820,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Wesley Davidson and Levon Boyce Jackson Fox",
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": "Levon Boyce Jackson Fox (39) — Goodstoney First Nation (Indigenous)",
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On May 29, 2023, after a report of suspicious people on private property, three men fled in a stolen cube van reported driving erratically on Memorial Drive. A Calgary police officer shot and killed two occupants, Wesley Davidson and Levon Boyce Jackson Fox. Following ASIRT's investigation, Const. Craig Stothard was charged in July 2025 with two counts of second-degree murder.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "Const. Craig Stothard",
    "officer_charges": "Two counts of second-degree murder",
    "disposition": "Charged July 2025; matter before the courts — charges not proven.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Calgary Police Service Newsroom", "title": "Charges laid following officer-involved shooting", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/charges-laid-following-officer-involved-shooting/"},
      {"outlet": "APTN News", "title": "Calgary police officer charged in 2023 shooting deaths", "url": "https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/calgary-police-officer-charged-in-2023-shooting-deaths/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Mother of shooting victim reacts to news Calgary police officer charged with murder", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-calgary-police-officer-charged-murder-officer-involved-shooting-1.7585785"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Double fatality. Officer named because charged. Charges not proven in court."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-07-22-sledgehammer",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-07-22",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Southeast Calgary residence (specific address not confirmed)",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On July 22, 2023, Calgary police responded to a reported break-and-enter; a man (reported to have schizophrenia) had broken into a basement suite and was using a sledgehammer to smash a tenant's vehicle. After he swung the sledgehammer toward officers, an officer fired one shot, wounding him in the arm and causing fractures requiring surgery.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "No charges. ASIRT report (released April 2026) found no charges warranted after Crown consultation.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT clears Calgary police officer involved in non-fatal shooting", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-cps-officer-not-responsible-shooting-9.7158235"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "Calgary officer who shot man swinging sledgehammer won't be charged: ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/calgary-officer-who-shot-man-swinging-sledgehammer-wont-be-charged-asirt/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Sledgehammer-wielding man shot by Calgary police damaged parked vehicle: ASIRT", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/9864100/sledgehammer-wielding-man-shot-calgary-police-damaged-parked-vehicle-asirt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "An earlier interim ASIRT release noted possible grounds for an offence; final decision laid no charges."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-10-18-falconridge",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-10-18",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "5700 block of Falsbridge Drive N.E., Falconridge",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.1180, "lng": -113.9570,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On October 18, 2023, Calgary police attempting to arrest suspects in Falconridge were involved in a shooting; one suspect was shot and killed and one police officer was shot and hospitalized in stable condition. A second suspect was arrested with a loaded handgun and charged.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officer cleared; ASIRT found use of force 'proportionate, necessary' (decision 2023-0039s).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Calgary Police Service Newsroom", "title": "Officer-involved shooting in Falconridge", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/officer-involved-shooting-in-falconridge/"},
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: fatal Calgary Police shooting on October 18, 2023", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2023-0039s"},
      {"outlet": "Western Standard", "title": "ASIRT clears Calgary officer in fatal 2023 shooting of armed suspect", "url": "https://www.westernstandard.news/news/asirt-clears-calgary-officer-in-fatal-2023-shooting-of-armed-suspect/68407"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Deceased's name not publicly released. A CPS officer was also shot (stable). The surviving charged person is a suspect, not the police-force victim."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-11-16-dog-bite-youth",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-11-16",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "A residence in Calgary (specific address not released)",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "other",
    "summary": "On November 16, 2023, CPS officers went to arrest a young person for breaching a curfew and probation condition. The person fled and hid under a deck; a CPS police service dog located and bit him, causing a laceration to his neck and earlobe requiring hospital treatment.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officer cleared; ASIRT found the canine officer did not command the bite and showed no reckless disregard.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT investigating after Calgary police dog bites teen", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-watchdog-police-dog-9.7191784"},
      {"outlet": "Alberta Police Review Commission", "title": "ASIRT investigating Calgary Police Service dog bite incident", "url": "https://www.albertaprc.ca/news/news-releases/asirt-investigating-calgary-police-service-dog-bite-incident/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim is a youth; name/age protected. Force type: police service dog."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2023-11-19-protest-teen",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2023-11-19",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Macleod Trail & 4 Avenue S.E., downtown Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0452, "lng": -114.0608,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Ahmed Ahalis",
    "victim_age": 13,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "On November 19, 2023, during a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Calgary, 13-year-old Ahmed Ahalis was at the front of protesters blocking traffic. According to ASIRT he spat at an officer and was taken into custody; two officers brought him to the ground, his face against icy snow. A medical assessment the next day found a concussion and facial scratches.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officers cleared; ASIRT found their actions proportionate, necessary and reasonable.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "ASIRT clears Calgary police officers in 2023 protest arrest", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11435323/asirt-report-calgary-police-2023-protest/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary police used 'reasonable' force at 2023 protest that concussed teen, ASIRT concludes", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-calgary-protest-teen-injured-1.7637408"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim named (13) in coverage. Concussion + facial scratches triggered ASIRT involvement."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2024-02-29-temple",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2024-02-29",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "0–100 block of Templebow Way N.E., Temple",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.1155, "lng": -113.9620,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On February 29, 2024, CPS responded to multiple calls about a man with a firearm behaving erratically in Temple (pointing a firearm, an assault, an attempted carjacking). One officer discharged his service weapon, striking the man in the leg; he was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The injured man was himself criminally charged.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer; force deemed lawful (decision 2024-0012S).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: CPS officer-involved shooting on February 29, 2024", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2024-0012s"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "ASIRT clears Calgary police officer in February shooting of suspect in Temple", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/asirt-clears-calgary-police-officer-in-february-shooting-of-suspect-in-temple/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News Calgary", "title": "Calgary police officer 'lawfully' used lethal force in February shooting: ASIRT", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10368481/calgary-police-officer-lawful-lethal-force-february-shooting/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Non-fatal (shot in leg). The injured affected person was a suspect later charged criminally — not an officer."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2024-03-15-penbrooke-kimmel",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2024-03-15",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Residence in Penbrooke Meadows, southeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0400, "lng": -113.9600,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Patrick Robert Kimmel",
    "victim_age": 45,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On March 14, 2024, the CPS tactical team went to a Penbrooke Meadows residence to execute a firearms search warrant. Patrick Kimmel, 45, remained inside and fired at police, beginning an ~30-hour armed standoff. On March 15 he emerged with a shotgun and a live grenade strapped to a tactical vest; five Calgary officers opened fire, striking him multiple times, and he died.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the involved officers (file 2024-0018-S); no reasonable grounds to believe an offence was committed.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Alberta Police Review Commission (ASIRT)", "title": "ASIRT Decision — March 2024 Calgary Police incident (2024-0018-S)", "url": "https://albertaprc.ca/media/0qgfeku2/asirt-march-2024-2024-0018-s-20260218.pdf"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "Calgary officers cleared in 2024 shooting death in Penbrooke Meadows standoff: ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/calgary-police-officers-cleared-in-2024-shooting-death-in-penbrooke-meadows-standoff-asirt/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Man killed after 30-hour armed standoff with Calgary police identified", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-memorial-drive-closed-situation-1.7144799"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Standoff began March 14; fatal shooting March 15, 2024. RCMP ERT present, but ASIRT cleared the CPS officers who fired."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2024-08-18-montgomery",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2024-08-18",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Montgomery Town Square park, Montgomery, northwest Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0820, "lng": -114.1650,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On August 18, 2024, Calgary police responded to a reported attempted robbery at a Montgomery liquor store. Officers located the suspect in Montgomery Town Square park holding a knife. After he ignored commands and walked at officers, one officer fired twice, striking him once in the leg; he was taken to hospital. The man later told police he intended 'suicide by cop.'",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT found the use of force appropriate (decision 2024-0047s, released Oct 8, 2024); no charges.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT clears Calgary officer in August shooting in Montgomery park", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-calgary-shooting-montgomery-1.7346326"},
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: CPS officer-involved shooting on August 18, 2024", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2024-0047s"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Non-life-threatening leg wound; included because a police gunshot wound requiring hospitalization meets the serious-injury threshold."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2024-09-17-jon-wells",
    "photo": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jon-Wells-family-6.jpg",
    "photo_credit": "Family photo via Global News",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2024-09-17",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Carriage House Hotel, 9030 Macleod Trail S.E.",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 50.9755, "lng": -114.0718,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Jon Wells (Saapa'taa)",
    "victim_age": 42,
    "victim_race": "Indigenous (Blood Tribe / Kainai)",
    "force_type": "restraint",
    "summary": "Just before 1 a.m. on September 17, 2024, CPS responded to a report of an unwanted man in the lobby of the Carriage House Hotel. According to ASIRT, Jon Wells, 42 — an unarmed member of the Blood Tribe and well-known steer wrestler — appeared confused, raised his hands and began to walk out saying 'I don't want to die.' After he resisted, he was tackled and punched, two officers deployed conducted-energy weapons, and he was restrained face-down with handcuffs, leg restraints and a spit hood while EMS administered a sedative. He became unresponsive and died at the scene.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "As of latest reporting, ASIRT's investigation into the three officers' use of force remained ongoing. The family has called for a public inquiry.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Family of Blood Tribe man who died in Calgary police custody calls for public inquiry", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/blood-tribe-death-calgary-police-inquiry-1.7355314"},
      {"outlet": "APTN News", "title": "'I don't want to die': last words of Blood Tribe man who died while being arrested by Calgary police", "url": "https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/i-dont-want-to-die-prophetic-last-words-of-blood-tribe-man-who-died-while-being-arrested-by-calgary-police/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News Calgary", "title": "ASIRT releases more details on death of man in Calgary police custody", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10774484/asirt-calgary-carriage-house-inn-hotel-in-custody-death/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "High-profile Indigenous death-in-custody case. Multiple force types; coded 'restraint' as the proximate context. Disposition pending — follow up for any later ASIRT decision."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2024-10-18-spyhill-custody",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2024-10-18",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Arrest at McDonald's, 5222 130 Avenue S.E.; died at the Arrest Processing Section",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 50.9450, "lng": -113.9800,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": null,
    "summary": "On October 18, 2024, CPS responded to a disturbance at a McDonald's and arrested a man wanted on warrants who was acting erratically. After a brief struggle he was transported to the Arrest Processing Section, cleared by a medic and placed in a cell. Video showed him ingesting a concealed substance; he had disclosed consuming fentanyl and methamphetamine. He developed breathing difficulty and was pronounced dead despite CPR.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT concluded there is no evidence any officer caused or contributed to the man's death; investigation closed.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "City of Calgary Newsroom (CPS)", "title": "ASIRT investigating in-custody death (Oct. 18, 2024)", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/asirt-investigating-in-custody-death-oct-18-2024/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News Calgary", "title": "ASIRT says 'no evidence' Calgary police caused or contributed to man's death", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10831472/asirt-no-evidence-calgary-police-mans-death/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Man not publicly named. Death attributed to ingested concealed drugs; ASIRT cleared officers. Force type null — no police use of force identified as causal."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2025-02-19-red-carpet",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2025-02-19",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "6200 block of 17 Avenue S.E., Red Carpet, southeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0380, "lng": -113.9500,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On February 19, 2025, Calgary police were called to a domestic incident involving a person in crisis. A man exited the home and a confrontation occurred; one officer deployed a Taser and one officer discharged a service firearm. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and a dagger was recovered.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer March 13, 2025; force found to be lawful self-defence (decision 2025-0006S).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "LiveWire Calgary", "title": "ASIRT clears Calgary Police officer in fatal February shooting", "url": "https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/03/13/asirt-clears-calgary-police-officer-in-fatal-february-shooting/"},
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: fatal shooting involving a CPS officer, Feb. 19, 2025", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2025-0006s"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim identified only as 'AP' in the ASIRT report; name not publicly released."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2025-08-18-yorkville",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2025-08-18",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Near 194 Avenue & Sheriff King Street S.W., Yorkville, southwest Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 50.8500, "lng": -114.0700,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On August 18, 2025, Calgary police responded to a 911 hang-up believed connected to a domestic incident involving a weapon in Yorkville. A man fled and was located nearby; a confrontation followed in which one officer discharged a service firearm. The man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT investigation underway; the shooting subject was charged with one count of assault.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Man charged in officer-involved shooting in Calgary's southwest", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11339993/man-injured-officer-involved-shooting-calgary-southwest/"},
      {"outlet": "Calgary Police Service / City of Calgary Newsroom", "title": "Officer-involved shooting in Yorkville (Update)", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/update-officer-involved-shooting-in-yorkville/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "The named person is the person shot (charged in connection with his own assault), not an officer."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2025-11-23-dover-custody",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2025-11-23",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "3900 block of 30 Avenue S.E., Dover, southeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0250, "lng": -113.9800,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "taser/CEW",
    "summary": "On November 23, 2025, Calgary police responded to a residence at the request of EMS over safety concerns on a mental-health call. Officers found a man in his 40s behaving erratically; he became combative and assaulted an officer during an attempted arrest. Officers deployed Tasers; the man continued to resist, went into medical distress, was taken to hospital, and died.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT investigation ongoing.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT to investigate after man dies in custody of Calgary police", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/asirt-to-investigate-after-man-dies-in-custody-of-calgary-police-9.6990081"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Investigation underway after man dies while in Calgary police custody", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11540968/asirt-investigation-calgary-police-custody-death/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Age 'in his 40s' (left null rather than guessed). Cause of death not established; pending autopsy/ASIRT."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2025-12-16-dalhousie-lrt",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2025-12-16",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Dalhousie LRT Station parking lot, northwest Calgary",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 51.1050, "lng": -114.1550,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On December 16, 2025, Calgary police responded to reports of a man with a knife acting aggressively toward a peace officer in the Dalhousie LRT Station parking lot. An altercation occurred and one CPS officer discharged a service firearm, striking the man, who was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT investigation underway; the man shot was charged with multiple offences including assaulting a peace officer with a weapon.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT investigating after Calgary police officer shoots man at LRT station", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dalhousie-police-shooting-9.7018731"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Police shooting in Calgary sends man to hospital with serious injuries", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11580338/police-shooting-calgary-man-serious-injuries-dalhousie-lrt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "The named person (in source coverage) is the person shot, named in connection with his own charges, not an officer."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2026-06-21-deerfoot-trail",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2026-06-21",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Northbound Deerfoot Trail near Deerfoot Meadows, northeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0550, "lng": -113.9800,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null, "victim_age": null, "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On June 21, 2026, Calgary police responded to reports of a dangerous driver near the Deerfoot Meadows shopping centre and stopped an SUV on Deerfoot Trail. About 20 minutes later officers broke a window and deployed pepper spray; the woman exited and was struck with a projectile launcher and a Taser before one officer fired a police rifle. She was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition and later died. A knife was recovered.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT investigation ongoing under Police Review Commission direction (Level 1).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Woman killed in officer-involved shooting had knife, officials say", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/officer-shooting-woman-knife-9.7250479"},
      {"outlet": "Calgary Police Service / City of Calgary Newsroom", "title": "Officer-involved shooting on Deerfoot Trail – Update", "url": "https://newsroom.calgary.ca/officer-involved-shooting-on-deerfoot-trail--update/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "First CPS death case overseen by the new Police Review Commission (ASIRT became part of the PRC Dec 1, 2025). Multiple force types used."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2022-02-23-potts-hanna",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2022-02-23",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment building near 105 Street & 107 Avenue, central Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5520, "lng": -113.5120,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Michael Potts and James Hanna",
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On February 23, 2022, EPS officers confronted Michael Potts, 36, the suspect in an armed liquor-store robbery. Police said Potts pointed what appeared to be a firearm (later found to be an imitation gun) at officers, who fired and killed him. One round entered a nearby apartment suite and killed James Hanna, 59, the building's on-site manager. ASIRT concluded the officers' use of force was justified.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "No charges; ASIRT decision released Dec 11, 2024 (file 2022-0007N). Hanna's family filed a civil negligence lawsuit.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "No charges in double fatal Edmonton police shooting that left innocent man dead", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10913564/edmonton-police-shooting-february-2022-asirt-report/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Alberta police watchdog clears Edmonton officers involved in 2022 double fatal shooting", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/asirt-decision-clears-eps-officers-double-fatal-1.7408193"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Two deaths: suspect Potts shot directly; bystander Hanna, the building manager, killed by a stray round. Neither officer charged or named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2022-03-12-paintball-gun",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2022-03-12",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment building near 105 Street & 38 Avenue, southwest Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4760, "lng": -113.5100,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 39,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On March 12, 2022, EPS officers acting on a 911 tip followed a 39-year-old man wanted on roughly two dozen outstanding warrants to an apartment building. When officers moved in, the man got into a vehicle, ignored commands, and turned toward officers with what appeared to be a firearm; two officers fired seven rounds total, killing him. The weapon was later found to be a paintball gun.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "No charges; ASIRT decision dated March 27, 2024 (file 2022-0010S).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "911 tip helps clear Edmonton police officers in 2022 shooting death of wanted man", "url": "https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/911-tip-helps-clear-edmonton-police-officers-in-2022-shooting-death-of-wanted-man-1.6824938"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Watchdog investigating after man wanted on warrants fatally shot by Edmonton police", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-shooting-asirt-1.6383636"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Distinct from the March 25, 2022 LRT shooting. Paintball gun + BB gun recovered. Man not named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2022-03-25-lrt-crossing",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2022-03-25",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "95 Street LRT crossing at 105 Avenue, central Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 53.5570, "lng": -113.4800,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 55,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Early on March 25, 2022, EPS officers encountered a 55-year-old man near 95 Street and 105 Avenue holding what looked like a firearm. After two CEW deployments proved ineffective and the man raised a weapon toward officers, four officers fired and struck him; he died in hospital about an hour later. He was found with two single-shot pipe shotguns and two single-shot pistols (at least one an imitation).",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "No charges; ASIRT decision released Oct 20, 2023 (four officers cleared).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Officers' actions necessary during deadly shooting near central Edmonton LRT crossing: ASIRT", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10039426/edmonton-police-shooting-march-2022-asirt-report/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "4 Edmonton police officers fired at man in fatal shooting near LRT tracks: watchdog", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-shooting-1.6402975"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Distinct from the March 12, 2022 shooting. Four officers fired."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2022-10-15-gateway-transport",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2022-10-15",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Gateway Entertainment Centre area (34 Avenue & Gateway Boulevard); died at hospital ER",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4760, "lng": -113.4920,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 22,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "restraint",
    "summary": "On October 15, 2022, a 22-year-old woman who had been drinking and using cocaine began behaving erratically while out with family. After EMS judged it not a medical emergency, EPS officers handcuffed her and drove her to a hospital in a police vehicle. She went into medical distress on arrival and died in the emergency room; an autopsy attributed death to alcohol and cocaine toxicity.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "No charges; ASIRT found no offence committed (decision released ~May 2025).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CFWE Radio", "title": "ASIRT clears Edmonton police officers in 2022 death of woman during transport to hospital", "url": "https://cfweradio.ca/2025/05/01/asirt-clears-edmonton-police-officers-in-2022-death-of-woman-during-transport-to-hospital/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "ASIRT investigates woman's death after being in Edmonton police custody", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/9216743/asirt-investigation-woman-died-edmonton-police-custody/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Death during/after police transport; force was handcuffing/restraint, not a strike. Woman not named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-04-29-ice-district",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-04-29",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Near 101 Street & 103A Avenue, near the Ice District, downtown Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 53.5460, "lng": -113.4970,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Jordan Reilly Fouquette",
    "victim_age": 20,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On the night of April 29, 2023, EPS officers responded to 911 reports of multiple stabbings a block from Ice District watch parties for an Oilers playoff game. Officers found an injured man and woman and a suspect with a knife who would not comply; two officers fired, striking him in the abdomen and arm. The 20-year-old man survived after surgery and was charged with two counts of aggravated assault.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officers; force found justified (decision 2023-0018N).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: EPS officer-involved shooting on April 29, 2023 (2023-0018N)", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2023-0018n"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "ASIRT finds Edmonton police shooting during fight near Oilers watch party was justified", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10368675/downtown-edmonton-oilers-watch-party-police-shooting-stabbing-asirt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Non-fatal serious injury. Victim named because charged."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-05-05-crawford-plains",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-05-05",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Outside Crawford Plains School, Mill Woods, southeast Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 53.4520, "lng": -113.4520,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Muorater Arkangelo Mashar",
    "victim_age": 33,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On May 5, 2023, EPS responded to a multiple stabbing outside Crawford Plains School, where a man had fatally stabbed a woman and her young child. Officers confronted the suspect, 33-year-old Muorater Arkangelo Mashar, who advanced wielding two knives and using bear spray; officers shot him and he died in hospital. ASIRT concluded the shooting was necessary and that the officers committed no offence.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officers; shooting found justified (decision 2023-0019N).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: fatal EPS officer-involved shooting on May 5, 2023 (2023-0019N)", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2023-0019n"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Fatal shooting of man who stabbed mom and child outside Mill Woods school justified: ASIRT", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10737581/crawford-plains-school-attack-asirt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "The person killed by police was the stabbing suspect. The two stabbing victims (a mother and child) were killed by the suspect, not police."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-09-01-apartment-fire",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-09-01",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Near 123 Street & 116 Avenue, north-central Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5700, "lng": -113.5400,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 30,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Just before 10 p.m. on September 1, 2023, EPS officers assisting at a large apartment fire heard someone calling for help. They went to a nearby residence and encountered an armed man in the yard; during a confrontation one officer fired, fatally striking him. A firearm was recovered near the 30-year-old man.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT found use of lethal force justified (decision 2023-0032N).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: EPS officer-involved shooting on September 1, 2023 (2023-0032N)", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2023-0032n"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "ASIRT seeks witnesses of Edmonton police shooting; releases photo of firearm seized", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/9946061/asirt-police-shoot-man-edmonton-apartment-fire/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim's name not located in public reporting; described as a 30-year-old man."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-09-20-mazin-el-zaim",
    "photo": "https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/29/MazinZaim.jpg",
    "photo_credit": "Family photo via The Tyee",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-09-20",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Shaske Crescent, Terwillegar area, southwest Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4300, "lng": -113.5600,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Mazin El Zaim",
    "victim_age": 46,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "restraint",
    "summary": "In the early morning of September 20, 2023, callers reported an intoxicated man in Terwillegar swinging objects at vehicles. Five EPS officers found 46-year-old Mazin El Zaim; when they tried to handcuff him he resisted, and officers restrained him prone, kneeling on his back, then applied a hobble restraint. El Zaim repeatedly said 'I can't breathe', was found unresponsive, was revived by paramedics, but died in hospital on October 2, 2023. An autopsy cited brain injury due to restraint and cocaine.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officers (no reasonable grounds to charge); decision 2023-0036N. Family disputes the finding and seeks a public fatality inquiry.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "No charges recommended in 2023 death involving Edmonton police: ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/no-charges-recommended-in-2023-death-involving-edmonton-police-asirt/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Family of Edmonton man who died days after arrest releases video of police encounter", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10178596/family-of-edmonton-man-who-died-days-after-arrest-releases-video-of-police-encounter-raises-concern/"},
      {"outlet": "The Tyee", "title": "Mazin Zaim Died After Being Arrested. His Autopsy Cites Excited Delirium", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/30/Mazin-Zaim-Excited-Delirium/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 3, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Incident Sept 20, 2023; death Oct 2, 2023. High-profile prone-restraint death; family disputing ASIRT's no-charge finding."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-10-14-max-bird",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-10-14",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Near Whitemud Drive & 66 Street, south Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4660, "lng": -113.4550,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Max Bird",
    "victim_age": 55,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "taser/CEW",
    "summary": "Just after midnight on October 14, 2023, EPS officers responding to a catalytic-converter theft call arrested Max Bird. Const. David Castillo deployed a CEW, and Bird alleged officers then struck him in the head and twisted his arm, causing lasting injury; Bird said he was complying. Const. Castillo was charged with assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm, and Const. Ali Hamzeh with assault causing bodily harm.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "David Castillo and Ali Hamzeh",
    "officer_charges": "Const. David Castillo: assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm. Const. Ali Hamzeh: assault causing bodily harm.",
    "disposition": "Const. Castillo acquitted (2025); Const. Hamzeh's charge still before the courts as of late 2025. Bird filed a civil suit.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Edmonton man speaks out as 2 officers charged with assault", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10767094/south-edmonton-arrest-assault-charges/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Edmonton police officer who Tasered, hit man during 2023 arrest acquitted of assault charges", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-officer-who-tasered-hit-man-during-2023-arrest-acquitted-of-assault-charges-9.7026868"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Officers named because criminally charged. Castillo acquitted; Hamzeh's matter ongoing."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-12-06-wellness-check",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-12-06",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment near 18 Avenue & 32 Street, southeast Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4520, "lng": -113.4200,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On the morning of December 6, 2023, EPS responded to a third-party wellness-check call about a suicidal woman who had gone silent. An officer entered her apartment; the woman indicated she had a gun, and what appeared to be a handgun (later described as an imitation firearm) was beside her. An officer deployed a CEW and discharged a firearm, fatally wounding her.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer; force found justified (decision 2023-0050N).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: EPS officer-involved shooting on December 6, 2023 (2023-0050N)", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2023-0050n"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "Edmonton officer cleared by ASIRT in wellness check killing", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-officer-cleared-by-asirt-in-wellness-check-killing/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim was a woman; her name was not confirmed in loadable sources (some coverage attributes a name to a Dec 2023 EPS shooting but reporting is inconsistent). Imitation firearm reported at scene."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2024-01-23-armed-woman",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-01-23",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Edmonton residence (neighbourhood not publicly identified)",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 19,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "EPS officers responded to a 911 call reporting a violent family dispute where an intoxicated 19-year-old woman was alone with her 12-year-old stepsister and had threatened to kill her. The woman charged at officers with a knife; a CEW deployment failed, and an officer fired a single shot to her chest. She survived and was later transferred for a mental-health assessment.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officer cleared; no charges (ASIRT decision 2024-0005N, released ~Feb 2025).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Western Standard", "title": "Edmonton police officer cleared in shooting of armed woman", "url": "https://www.westernstandard.news/news/edmonton-police-officer-cleared-in-shooting-of-armed-woman/62185"},
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: EPS officer-involved shooting on January 23, 2024 (2024-0005n)", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2024-0005n"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Serious injury, not a death. Victim survived; not named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2024-06-29-mathios-arkangelo",
    "photo": "https://thecaribbeancamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mathios-Arkangelo-300x300.png",
    "photo_credit": "Family photo via The Caribbean Camera",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-06-29",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Fraser neighbourhood, near 153 Avenue & Anthony Henday Drive, northeast Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.6250, "lng": -113.4050,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Mathios Arkangelo",
    "victim_age": 28,
    "victim_race": "Black (South Sudanese-Canadian, per family/community reporting)",
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "EPS patrol officers were dispatched on the evening of June 29, 2024 after a reportedly impaired driver rolled their vehicle in northeast Edmonton. Mathios (also reported as Matthew) Arkangelo, 28, walked toward a police vehicle; at about 9:22 p.m. the officer stepped out with his firearm drawn and, after a brief exchange, shot Arkangelo, who family say had his arms raised and was holding a work utility knife. The shooting, partly captured on security video, drew significant community criticism.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Under ASIRT investigation; no charges reported as of the data-collection date. Officer not publicly named.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Edmonton police shooting of Matthew Arkangelo criticized: 'Seems like he was just gunned down'", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/10613701/edmonton-police-shooting-matthew-arkangelo-video/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Police fatally shoot man, 28, after reported impaired driving collision in northeast Edmonton", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-asirt-police-shooting-1.7251153"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Name spelled both 'Mathios' and 'Matthew'. Race based on community/family reporting, not an official descriptor. Status should be re-verified for any ASIRT update."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2024-08-14-ice-warrant",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-08-14",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Residence near 15 Avenue & 54 Street, southeast Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4580, "lng": -113.4350,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On the morning of August 14, 2024, EPS officers and members of ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit executed a search warrant for a man wanted on child-pornography charges. While police were inside, the man produced a knife and stabbed one EPS officer; both EPS officers fired, and the man died at the scene. One officer was treated in hospital for non-life-threatening wounds.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared both EPS officers; report released ~January 2026.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "ALERT", "title": "Edmonton Police: ASIRT investigating officer-involved shooting", "url": "https://alert-ab.ca/edmonton-police-asirt-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT clears 2 Edmonton police officers involved in 2024 fatal shooting", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/asirt-edmonton-police-shooting-9.7047627"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Victim not officially named. An EPS officer was stabbed during the warrant execution."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2024-11-sw-division-custody",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-11-19",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "EPS Southwest Division police station, Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": null,
    "summary": "ASIRT was directed to investigate an in-custody death reported at the Edmonton Police Service's Southwest Division station in November 2024. Public detail was limited.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT investigation directed; no public outcome found.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "ASIRT to probe in-custody death at Edmonton police station", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/asirt-to-probe-in-custody-death-at-edmonton-police-station/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "In-custody death at southwest Edmonton police station under ASIRT investigation", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/video/7100097/in-custody-death-at-southwest-edmonton-police-station-under-asirt-investigation"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": false,
    "notes": "HELD BACK — date uncertain. Search results were contaminated by an unrelated June 2020 SW-division in-custody death. Confirm a clean primary source for this specific 2024 death before publishing."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2025-02-27-boyle-street",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2025-02-27",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment near 103A Avenue & 95 Street, Boyle Street",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5460, "lng": -113.4800,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 60,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "On the evening of February 27, 2025, EPS responded to a report that a man armed with a weapon had threatened another resident at a Boyle Street apartment building. The 60-year-old man barricaded himself; after obtaining a search warrant, officers had a confrontation with him and arrested him. He suffered a 'medical event' while being taken into custody and was pronounced dead at hospital.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Under ASIRT investigation; death characterized by police as a 'medical event' during arrest.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News (via Yahoo syndication)", "title": "Edmonton man dies from 'medical event' while being arrested, police say", "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-man-dies-medical-event-234144128.html"},
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT release)", "title": "Investigation of Edmonton man's death following arrest", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/investigation-of-edmonton-mans-death-following-arrest"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "In-custody/arrest death. Victim not officially named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2025-04-15-west-edmonton",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2025-04-15",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "West Edmonton (exact address not publicly disclosed)",
    "location_precision": "city-only",
    "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On April 15, 2025, an EPS officer fatally shot a man during a firearms-related call in west Edmonton. The man was reported to be armed with a shotgun. ASIRT cleared the officer, finding the use of lethal force justified.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer; decision 2025-0017(N), released May 8, 2025.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "ASIRT clears policeman who killed shotgun-wielding man in west Edmonton", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/asirt-clears-policeman-who-killed-shotgun-wielding-man-in-west-edmonton/"},
      {"outlet": "Open Government (ASIRT)", "title": "Decision of ASIRT: fatal EPS officer-involved shooting on April 15, 2025 (2025-0017N)", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/decision-asirt-2025-0017n"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Man armed with a shotgun. Victim not officially named; location only 'west Edmonton'."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2025-08-12-firetruck-bucket",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2025-08-12",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment building, area of 102 Avenue & 121 Street, central Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5440, "lng": -113.5350,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 42,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On August 12, 2025, EPS responded to a reported domestic disturbance where a 42-year-old man was reported to be threatening another resident with multiple edged weapons. During the confrontation, an officer discharged a firearm from the bucket of a responding fire truck, striking the man, who was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Under ASIRT investigation.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Edmonton Police Service", "title": "ASIRT investigating after officer-involved shooting in central Edmonton (Aug 12)", "url": "https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaReleases/OISAug13"},
      {"outlet": "The Canadian Press", "title": "Alberta police watchdog to investigate officer who shot man from fire truck bucket", "url": "https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/alberta/alberta-police-watchdog-to-investigate-officer-who-shot-man-from-fire-truck-bucket/article_108b7b79-21d6-50db-a3fd-3997d4eeded3.html"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Serious injury (survived). Officer fired from a fire-truck bucket."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2026-02-10-downtown-arrest",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2026-02-10",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment in downtown Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5440, "lng": -113.4950,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "Shortly after 6 p.m. on February 10, 2026, EPS officers responded to a 911 call about an intoxicated man at a downtown Edmonton apartment and found he had an outstanding warrant. After being arrested, the man turned toward the officer holding him, and the officer took him face-down to the floor, where his face struck the corner of a wooden dining chair. He sustained facial lacerations and a brain hemorrhage, lost consciousness, and was hospitalized; he later regained consciousness and discharged himself.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Police Review Commission", "title": "ASIRT investigates injury following Edmonton Police Service arrest", "url": "https://www.albertaprc.ca/news/news-releases/asirt-investigates-injury-following-edmonton-police-service-arrest/"},
      {"outlet": "Open Government (Government of Alberta)", "title": "ASIRT assigned to investigate Edmonton Police Service incident", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/asirt-assigned-to-investigate-edmonton-police-service-incident"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "PRC directed ASIRT. Incident Feb 10, 2026; Feb 19 was the news-release date. Serious injury (brain hemorrhage)."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2026-02-21-seniors-residence",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2026-02-21",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Seniors' residence near downtown Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5480, "lng": -113.5000,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "restraint",
    "summary": "On February 21, 2026, a resident called 911 to report that an injured man had entered a locked seniors' residence near downtown Edmonton asking for help. Officers were let in, located the man, and called EMS. With help from several civilians present, officers restrained the man; once restrained he went into a medical emergency. CPR was performed and he was taken to hospital, where he died.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Police Review Commission", "title": "ASIRT Investigating Death Following Police Interaction in Edmonton", "url": "https://albertaprc.ca/news/news-releases/asirt-investigating-death-following-police-interaction-in-edmonton/"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "Man's death after being restrained by Edmonton police under investigation: ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/mans-death-after-being-restrained-by-edmonton-police-under-investigation-asirt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "PRC directed ASIRT. Man went into medical distress while being restrained."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2026-03-26-millwoods-custody",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2026-03-26",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Mill Woods area arrest; died at EPS Detainee Management Unit",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4520, "lng": -113.4600,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 55,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "other",
    "summary": "Police say that around 6:30 p.m. on March 26, 2026, EPS officers responded to a report of a woman causing a disturbance at a Mill Woods restaurant and arrested her after she hid in a washroom. According to police, paramedics attended but the woman did not cooperate with assessment, and about 30 minutes later she was taken to the EPS Detainee Management Unit, where the 55-year-old was found in medical distress and died. This is the police account; ASIRT is investigating and the family's account has not been reported.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "Police watchdog probes March case of woman who died in custody", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/police-watchdog-probes-march-case-of-woman-who-died-in-custody/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News (via Yahoo syndication)", "title": "Woman's death following arrest by Edmonton police under investigation: ASIRT", "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/woman-death-following-arrest-edmonton-203110244.html"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "PRC directed ASIRT. In-custody death at EPS Detainee Management Unit; 55-year-old woman, not named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2026-06-27-southwest-ois",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2026-06-27",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Christie Vista S.W. / southwest Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.4200, "lng": -113.5800,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 59,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Late on June 27, 2026, EPS officers were called to a collision between a vehicle and a fire-rescue truck in southwest Edmonton. Police allege the driver tried to assault emergency personnel with a blunt object before fleeing, then was involved in two further hit-and-run collisions. Officers encountered the suspect, reported to be armed with edged weapons, and an officer discharged a firearm; the 59-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Edmonton police shoot man dead after alleged assaults during hit-and-runs", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11941670/edmonton-police-shooting-death/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT to investigate fatal shooting by police officer in southwest Edmonton", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/asirt-eps-fatal-shooting-southwest-edmonton-9.7251584"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "PRC directed ASIRT. Earliest reporting — details may be revised. Victim 59, male, not named."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-heffernan-2015",
    "photo": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/anthonyheffernan2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=400&h=400&crop=1",
    "photo_credit": "Global News (family photo)",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2015-03-16",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Super 8 motel, Barlow Trail N.E., northeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0850, "lng": -113.9950,
    "incident_type": "death",
    "victim_name": "Anthony Heffernan",
    "victim_age": 27,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Anthony Heffernan, 27, was shot and killed by a Calgary police officer during a wellness check at a Super 8 motel on March 16, 2015. Five officers found him alone, in apparent drug-induced distress, holding a needleless syringe and a lighter. Within roughly 72 seconds of entering, officers used a stun gun and then shot him four times, killing him. ASIRT recommended charges, but the Crown declined to prosecute. The case became the clearest example of the decade-long accountability cycle — see the full record.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT recommended charges (2016); Crown declined to prosecute. The officer resigned in 2020 before a discipline hearing. Remaining discipline charges were dropped in 2025; a fatality inquiry remained pending a decade later.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary officer who fatally shot Anthony Heffernan won't be charged", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/anthony-heffernan-calgary-police-shot-asirt-charges-1.3730911"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Family launches civil suit against Calgary Police Service in death of Anthony Heffernan", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/3374337/family-launches-civil-suit-against-calgary-police-service-in-death-of-anthony-heffernan/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Pre-2022 — included as a documented example of the accountability cycle (ASIRT recommendation → Crown refusal → resignation → discipline dropped → inquiry pending a decade on)."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2024-03-01-thompson-shooting",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-03-01",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "98A Avenue near 178 Street, west Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5350, "lng": -113.5950,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 36,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "On March 1, 2024, EPS officers located a stabbing suspect's vehicle in west Edmonton. A police vehicle collided with and stopped the suspect vehicle, after which an officer fired a service pistol, striking the 36-year-old driver, who survived with non-life-threatening injuries. ASIRT found reasonable grounds to believe an offence occurred and forwarded the file to the Crown. On September 4, 2025, EPS Sgt. Neil Thompson was charged with aggravated assault.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "Sgt. Neil Thompson",
    "officer_charges": "Aggravated assault",
    "disposition": "Charged Sept 4, 2025; before the courts — allegation not proven.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Edmonton police officer charged with aggravated assault", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/eps-officer-charged-non-fatal-shooting-1.7626573"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "Edmonton police officer charged in shooting of stabbing suspect in 2024", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11395601/edmonton-police-shooting-officer-charged/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "The underlying incident behind the charge against Sgt. Thompson (see Charged officers). Officer named because charged; allegation not proven."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2023-02-22-cromdale-parkade",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2023-02-22",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Apartment parking lot, Cromdale neighbourhood",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5650, "lng": -113.4650,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "During a February 22, 2023 arrest in a Cromdale apartment parking lot captured on surveillance video, an EPS officer punched a man seven times. The man suffered a concussion, a shoulder injury, cuts from handcuffs and post-traumatic stress. ASIRT concluded the man threw the first punch and the officer's force was reasonable; no charges were recommended. The man's lawyer disputes that he punched the officer, calling it self-defence.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "No charges recommended; ASIRT decision released ~July 2025. Charges against the man were withdrawn January 12, 2024.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Police watchdog clears Edmonton officer who hit man multiple times during 2023 arrest", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/asirt-decision-edmonton-police-2023-arrest-punch-1.7591587"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "Edmonton police officer shouldn't be charged after he punched man 7 times: ASIRT", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-police-officer-shouldnt-be-charged-after-he-punched-man-7-times-asirt/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Officer not named here: he was cleared, not charged (our naming policy names officers only in connection with a charge)."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2026-03-21-downtown-hotel",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2026-03-21",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Downtown hotel near 100 Avenue & 104 Street",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5405, "lng": -113.4960,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "taser/CEW",
    "summary": "Around 3 a.m. on March 21, 2026, a hotel employee called 911 about an intoxicated man refusing to leave a downtown hotel lobby. Officers arrested him for trespassing; he resisted, was taken to the ground, and an officer deployed a conducted energy weapon before officers gained control. The man complained of arm pain and was taken to hospital. The Police Review Commission directed ASIRT to investigate.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta / ASIRT", "title": "ASIRT investigating Edmonton Police Service arrest at downtown hotel", "url": "https://www.alberta.ca/asirt-news-releases"},
      {"outlet": "Yahoo News Canada", "title": "ASIRT investigating after man injured during arrest at downtown Edmonton hotel", "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/asirt-investigating-man-injured-during-210046888.html"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Distinct from the Feb 10, 2026 downtown apartment arrest. Extent of injury not yet confirmed."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2025-06-06-deerfoot-17ave",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2025-06-06",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Area of Deerfoot Trail & 17 Avenue S.E.",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0440, "lng": -113.9750,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Just after midnight on June 6, 2025, officers near Deerfoot Trail and 17 Avenue S.E. reported a passenger in a vehicle pointed what they believed to be a handgun at them. After a traffic stop a man fled, a confrontation occurred, and one officer fired multiple shots, striking him. He was hospitalized in life-threatening, later life-altering but stable condition. Two others were arrested.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Alberta's police watchdog investigates after man shot by police in southeast Calgary", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/police-shooting-calgary-asirt-watchdog-1.7554114"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Police charge 2 suspects after man shot by police in southeast Calgary", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-shot-gun-pointing-1.7559806"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Distinct from the Feb 2025 Red Carpet, Aug 2025 Yorkville, Dec 2025 Dalhousie, and June 2026 Deerfoot fatal shootings."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2025-02-12-erin-woods-dog-bite",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2025-02-12",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Field in Erin Woods, southeast Calgary",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 51.0200, "lng": -113.9650,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 9,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "other",
    "summary": "On February 12, 2025, CPS officers responding to a stolen-vehicle report in Erin Woods used a police service dog to search a field. The dog bit a nine-year-old girl who was in the field, causing serious injuries including multiple deep puncture wounds to her thigh. She was hospitalized. ASIRT investigated whether the dog handler mishandled the animal and found no reasonable grounds to believe an offence occurred.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT found no reasonable grounds to believe an offence was committed; the dog handler was cleared.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Child taken to hospital after being bitten by police dog in southeast Calgary", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/young-girl-police-dog-bite-calgary-1.7457884"},
      {"outlet": "Western Wheel", "title": "Calgary officer cleared by ASIRT after police dog attack on nine-year-old girl", "url": "https://www.westernwheel.ca/beyond-local/calgary-officer-cleared-by-asirt-after-police-dog-attack-on-nine-year-old-girl-12307290"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Force type: police service dog. The injured person was a 9-year-old bystander, not a suspect."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2026-05-03-glamorgan-dog-bite",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2026-05-03",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Glamorgan School, southwest Calgary",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 51.0100, "lng": -114.1400,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": 16,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "other",
    "summary": "Shortly before 4:30 a.m. on May 3, 2026, CPS officers responded to an alarm at Glamorgan School and found signs of forced entry. After announcing their presence, officers re-entered with a police dog, which located a suspect and bit her. EMS transported the young woman, reported as 16, to hospital. The Police Review Commission directed ASIRT to investigate.",
    "asirt_status": "investigating",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": null,
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Alberta Police Review Commission / ASIRT", "title": "ASIRT investigating Calgary Police Service dog bite incident", "url": "https://www.albertaprc.ca/news/news-releases/asirt-investigating-calgary-police-service-dog-bite-incident/"},
      {"outlet": "Global News", "title": "ASIRT investigating after Calgary police dog bites teen girl", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11839675/asirt-investigating-calgary-police-dog-bites-teen-girl/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Force type: police service dog. Victim reported as 16."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-dumas-2020",
    "photo": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Still-2023-09-12-18h01m15s304.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=400&h=400&crop=1",
    "photo_credit": "Global News",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2020-12-09",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Near 62 Avenue & 178 Street, west Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5210, "lng": -113.6260,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Pacey Dumas",
    "victim_age": 18,
    "victim_race": "Indigenous (Little Red River Cree Nation)",
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "On December 9, 2020, an EPS officer kicked 18-year-old Pacey Dumas in the head during an arrest outside his family home, causing critical brain injuries that required emergency surgery to remove part of his skull. ASIRT found the officer's actions 'unreasonable, hasty and violent' and recommended the Crown consider charges, but the Crown declined to prosecute. The case became a central trigger for a provincial review of ASIRT and Crown charging. See the full record.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT recommended the Crown consider charges; the Crown declined (Sept 2023). A private prosecution was denied and a judicial review rejected (March 2025). $725K civil suit filed (2021).",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Cree man loses bid to privately prosecute Edmonton police officer who kicked him in head", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/pacey-dumas-edmonton-police-kick-investigation-1.6985122"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Judge rejects request to review Crown decision not to prosecute EPS officer who kicked Pacey Dumas", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/judge-rejects-request-to-review-crown-decision-not-to-prosecute-eps-officer-who-kicked-pacey-dumas-1.7481052"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Pre-2022 — a landmark documented example of the accountability cycle. Officer not in the 'charged officers' list because he was never charged; the dossier documents the ASIRT finding and court record."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-bates-mcadam-2024",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-01-20",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Corona LRT Station, downtown Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 53.5415, "lng": -113.5040,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Tristan McAdam",
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "On January 20, 2024, EPS Sgt. Michael Bates took Tristan McAdam to the ground and struck him in the head twice after McAdam, who had been sleeping in Corona LRT station, was gathering his things and walking away as instructed. Bates was charged with assault following an internal complaint, pleaded guilty in August 2025, and received a conditional discharge — avoiding a criminal record.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "Sgt. Michael Bates",
    "officer_charges": "Assault",
    "disposition": "Pleaded guilty (Aug 2025); conditional discharge (no-contact order + 6 months counselling) — no criminal conviction if conditions met.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "EPS officer admits to assault against man found sleeping in downtown LRT station", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/eps-officer-admits-to-assault-against-man-found-sleeping-in-downtown-lrt-station-1.7617371"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Edmonton police officer charged with assault in incident at downtown LRT station", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-officer-charged-with-assault-in-incident-at-downtown-lrt-station-1.7393970"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Internal EPS complaint, not ASIRT. Officer named because charged and pleaded guilty."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-dunn-kafi-2017",
    "agency": "Calgary Police Service",
    "date": "2017-12-12",
    "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Arrest processing unit, CPS headquarters",
    "location_precision": "exact",
    "lat": 51.0290, "lng": -114.0490,
    "incident_type": "serious_injury",
    "victim_name": "Dalia Kafi",
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": "Black",
    "force_type": "physical",
    "summary": "In December 2017, CPS Const. Alex Dunn threw a handcuffed Black woman, Dalia Kafi, face-first to the floor of the arrest processing unit after she ducked away while he tried to remove her headscarf; she suffered a broken nose and split lip and was briefly knocked out. Dunn was convicted of assault causing bodily harm (2020) and dismissed from CPS (Nov 2023) after a Police Act hearing. He lost appeals of both his sentence and his dismissal.",
    "asirt_status": "charges laid",
    "officer_name": "Const. Alex Dunn",
    "officer_charges": "Assault causing bodily harm; two counts of discreditable conduct (Police Act)",
    "disposition": "Convicted of assault causing bodily harm (2020); dismissed from CPS (Nov 23, 2023). Appeals dismissed. (An appeal court found 30 days' jail would have been fit but stayed it given time served.)",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary police fire officer who slammed handcuffed woman on ground", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-alex-dunn-fired-disciplinary-decision-1.7038212"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary officer who body slammed handcuffed Black woman should have gone to jail: judge", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/const-alex-dunn-assault-dalia-kafi-sentence-appeal-overturned-1.6803816"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Pre-2022 — a landmark case (conviction + dismissal). Day within Dec 2017 approximate. Dalia Kafi died of a suspected overdose in July 2021, before the discipline concluded."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2024-10-20-cruiser-welfare-call",
    "agency": "Edmonton Police Service",
    "date": "2024-10-20",
    "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Parking lot near 106 Street & 107 Avenue, central Edmonton",
    "location_precision": "approximate",
    "lat": 53.5520, "lng": -113.5130,
    "incident_type": "use_of_force",
    "victim_name": null,
    "victim_age": null,
    "victim_race": null,
    "force_type": "vehicle",
    "summary": "Late on October 20, 2024, an EPS officer responding to a welfare call drove a marked cruiser into a parking lot and ran over a woman who was lying on the ground and was the subject of the call. The officer stopped and called for medical aid; EMS assessed her but she refused treatment, reportedly showed no signs of injury, and left. Bystander video of the cruiser driving over the woman surfaced publicly in early November 2024. EPS called it an 'unfortunate accident' and assigned its Major Collision Investigations Unit; no charges have been reported.",
    "asirt_status": "unknown",
    "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Handled by the EPS Major Collision Investigations Unit, not ASIRT (no serious injury was reported, so the ASIRT threshold was not engaged). No charges reported.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "Caught on camera: Edmonton police run over woman during welfare call", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/caught-on-camera-edmonton-police-run-over-woman-during-welfare-call/"},
      {"outlet": "CTV News (video)", "title": "Caught on video: Edmonton officer runs over person", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c3022758-caught-on-video--edmonton-officer-runs-over-person/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true,
    "notes": "Listed as a documented public use-of-force incident even though no officer was charged and the woman was reportedly uninjured — the kind of incident that otherwise disappears from the record. Corrected from 'November 2024': the incident was Oct 20, 2024; the video surfaced in early November. Sourcing is essentially a single outlet (CTV article + its video); treat as such."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2000-01-05-long-duy-hoang", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2000-01-05", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Near 149 Street, Edmonton (after a vehicle pursuit)", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Long Duy Hoang", "victim_age": 28, "victim_race": "Vietnamese-Canadian", "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police said Long Duy Hoang, 28, was shot by EPS tactical officers on January 5, 2000 after a vehicle pursuit, alleging he opened fire on officers, who returned fire. He was taken to hospital and died after being removed from life support. A public fatality inquiry was later held.",
    "asirt_status": null, "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Public fatality inquiry conducted (2002); no officer charges. ASIRT did not exist at the time.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Edmonton gang leader dies", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton-gang-leader-dies-1.229321"},
      {"outlet": "Alberta Open Government", "title": "Public fatality inquiry into the death of Long Duy Hoang", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/fatality-inquiry-2002-08-16"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Pre-ASIRT. Officers not publicly named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2002-09-04-tamer-sayed-roha", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2002-09-04", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Edmonton", "location_precision": "city-only", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Tamer Sayed Roha", "victim_age": 27, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "other",
    "summary": "Tamer Sayed Roha, 27, died on September 4, 2002 following an interaction with / custody of the Edmonton Police Service. A public fatality inquiry was held into his death. The specific cause and the precise role of police were not available from the public sources reviewed.",
    "asirt_status": null, "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Public fatality inquiry conducted (2004). ASIRT did not exist at the time.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Alberta Open Government", "title": "Public fatality inquiry into the death of Tamer Sayed Roha", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-inquiry-2004-05-26"},
      {"outlet": "killercopscanada (Alberta compilation)", "title": "Deaths following police intervention in Alberta since 1987", "url": "https://killercopscanada.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/people-who-died-following-a-police-intervention-since-1987-alberta/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Pre-ASIRT in-custody death; cause/force unverified (force_type 'other'). Inquiry PDF should be read directly to confirm details."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2005-12-24-alesandro-fiacco", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2005-12-24", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "South-side residential street, Edmonton", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Alesandro Fiacco", "victim_age": 33, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "taser/CEW",
    "summary": "Police said Alesandro Fiacco, 33, was seen yelling in a south-side Edmonton road on Christmas Eve 2005, and that EPS officers used a Taser on him three times to subdue him before he went into cardiac arrest and died. A fatality inquiry found he died of a cocaine overdose and concluded the Taser did not cause or contribute to his death.",
    "asirt_status": null, "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Fatality inquiry found cause of death was cocaine toxicity, not the Taser; no charges. Predates ASIRT.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Taser didn't cause Edmonton man's death: fatality report", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/taser-didn-t-cause-edmonton-man-s-death-fatality-report-1.761583"},
      {"outlet": "Alberta Open Government", "title": "Report into the death of Alessandro Fiacco", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/cb982401-4b2d-4895-af7b-96ef8f9b8adb/resource/2d4a5a8c-68ed-4e50-925c-bc7c55039245/download/01161-report-to-minister-into-death-of-alessandro-fiacco.pdf"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Name spelled 'Alesandro'/'Alessandro' across sources. Pre-ASIRT."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2008-10-29-trevor-grimolfson", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2008-10-29", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Pawn shop, west-end Edmonton", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Trevor Grimolfson", "victim_age": 38, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "taser/CEW",
    "summary": "Police said Trevor Grimolfson, 38, was behaving erratically in a west-end Edmonton pawn shop on October 29, 2008, and that EPS officers used Tasers on him before he died shortly afterward. A medical examiner and fatality inquiry attributed death to 'excited delirium' due to multiple-drug toxicity and concluded the Taser did not cause the death — a characterization later disputed as the 'excited delirium' concept fell out of medical acceptance.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officers cleared; fatality inquiry held. Death attributed to drug toxicity, not the Taser.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Police who used Taser cleared in man's death", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/police-who-used-taser-cleared-in-man-s-death-1.830687"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Taser had no effect, fatality inquiry told", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/taser-had-no-effect-fatality-inquiry-told-1.946982"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Officers not publicly named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2009-05-10-shawn-michael-price", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2009-05-10", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "102 Street & 107 Avenue, north of downtown Edmonton", "location_precision": "exact", "lat": 53.5538, "lng": -113.4946,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Shawn Michael Price", "victim_age": 36, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police said Shawn Michael Price was shot and killed by EPS officers on May 10, 2009 as they tried to arrest him for an attempted robbery, alleging he tried to grab an officer's holstered gun during a struggle before a second officer fired. ASIRT found the officers' actions justified, and a fatality inquiry reached the same conclusion.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officers; fatality inquiry agreed.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "ASIRT finds officers' actions justified in fatal shooting", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/asirt-finds-officers-actions-justified-in-fatal-shooting-1.877586"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Nothing police could do to prevent fatal shooting, judge concludes", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nothing-police-could-do-to-prevent-fatal-shooting-1.2627185"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Coordinates approximate for the named intersection. Officers not publicly named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2010-01-16-bernadette-auger", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2010-01-16", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Outside her residence, Edmonton", "location_precision": "city-only", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Bernadette Auger", "victim_age": 48, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police said Bernadette Auger, 48, was fatally shot by EPS officers on January 16, 2010 after she pointed what appeared to be a pistol at officers; the weapon was later found to be a black-painted Airsoft toy. Police said Auger, who had called 911, may have intended 'suicide by cop.' A fatality inquiry concluded police could not have acted differently.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Fatality inquiry concluded police acted appropriately; officers cleared.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Edmonton", "title": "Fatality inquiry into 2010 death of woman released", "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/fatality-inquiry-into-2010-death-of-woman-released/"},
      {"outlet": "YEG Police Violence Archive", "title": "Fatal violence — Bernadette Auger", "url": "https://www.yegpoliceviolencearchive.ca/s/archive/item?tag=fatal+violence"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Officers not publicly named."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2011-02-05-cyrus-green", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2011-02-05", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Alley near 118 Avenue & Wayne Gretzky Drive, Edmonton", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": 53.5719, "lng": -113.4519,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Cyrus Green", "victim_age": 17, "victim_race": "Indigenous (Cold Lake First Nation)", "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police said Cyrus Green, 17, an Indigenous youth, was shot three times and killed by an EPS constable around 4:30 a.m. on February 5, 2011 after a robbery call, alleging Green advanced with a knife and baseball bat. ASIRT cleared the officer in December 2011 and a fatality inquiry ruled the shooting justified. Green's family later sued and called for a new inquiry.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer (Const. Jack Redlick, named in the public inquiry; cleared, not charged); 2014 fatality inquiry ruled the shooting justified. Family launched a lawsuit and sought a new inquiry.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Officer recounts shooting that killed teenager Cyrus Green", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/officer-recounts-shooting-that-killed-teenager-cyrus-green-1.2567450"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Police officer who killed Cyrus Green had no choice, says Alberta Justice", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/police-officer-who-killed-cyrus-green-had-no-choice-says-alberta-justice-1.2739745"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Officer named in the public fatality inquiry (cleared); kept in disposition as public record, not listed as a charged officer. Coordinates approximate."
  },
  {
    "id": "eps-2011-03-30-kinling-robin-fire", "agency": "Edmonton Police Service", "date": "2011-03-30", "city": "Edmonton",
    "location_text": "Near 155 Street & 100 Avenue, west-end Edmonton", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": 53.5375, "lng": -113.5760,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Kinling Robin Fire", "victim_age": 39, "victim_race": "Indigenous", "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police said Kinling Robin Fire, 39, an Indigenous man reported suicidal, was shot by an EPS constable late on March 30, 2011, alleging that after the officer broke his car window, Fire exited holding a metal bar and moved toward the officer. He was pronounced dead early the next morning. ASIRT (2012) and a 2015 fatality inquiry both found the officer's actions justified; the family later sought judicial review and a new inquiry.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer (Const. Brendan Power, named in the public inquiry; cleared, not charged); 2015 fatality inquiry agreed. Family applied for judicial review seeking a new inquiry.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Man dies after being shot by Edmonton police", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/man-dies-after-being-shot-by-edmonton-police-1.1066341"},
      {"outlet": "Alberta Open Government", "title": "2015 fatality report — Kinling Robin Fire", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/906ec820-dcf8-451d-abfb-e3be91d1535b/resource/8e54aea5-17b1-4f0a-8959-c1b72a38d237/download/2015-fatality-report-kinling-robin-fire.pdf"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Shooting March 30, 2011; death pronounced March 31. Officer named in inquiry (cleared); kept in disposition as public record. Coordinates approximate."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2000-12-23-provencal", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2000-12-23", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Drugstore, TD Square mall, downtown Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Arthur George Provencal", "victim_age": 34, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say they responded to a robbery and hostage-taking at a downtown mall drugstore, alleging Provencal was armed with a butcher knife, and that an officer shot him once while protecting a hostage. The shooting was characterized in reporting as justified and a public fatality inquiry was later held.",
    "asirt_status": null, "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Reported as justified; no charges. Alberta public fatality inquiry held. Predates ASIRT.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary police officer kills man in downtown mall", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary-police-officer-kills-man-in-downtown-mall-1.218961"},
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta", "title": "Public fatality inquiry into the death of Arthur George Provencal", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/6c8ddb29-858c-48a7-a476-fdd710700ada/resource/1e43f20e-4207-4826-99d2-0b1ced9700a4/download/01057-report-into-death-of-arthur-george-provencal.pdf"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Pre-ASIRT. Officer named in award coverage but cleared; not listed as charged."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2003-10-25-kuol", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2003-10-25", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Apartment building, 1709 37 Street S.E., southeast Calgary", "location_precision": "exact", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Deng Fermino Kuol", "victim_age": 34, "victim_race": "Black (Sudanese immigrant)", "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say an officer responding to a call to remove Kuol from a building was slashed on the arm after Kuol drew a knife, and that the officer fired twice during a struggle on a staircase. Kuol's family and friends disputed that he was armed or violent. A public fatality inquiry accepted the officer's account and ruled the shooting justified.",
    "asirt_status": null, "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "Officer cleared by public fatality inquiry; no charges. Predates ASIRT.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "The Globe and Mail", "title": "Calgary officer cleared in shooting of immigrant", "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calgary-officer-cleared-in-shooting-of-immigrant/article18164176/"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Inquiry clears police officer of wrongdoing", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/inquiry-clears-police-officer-of-wrongdoing-1.625964"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Family disputed the police account. Officer named in inquiry but cleared; not listed as charged."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2005-01-21-cheema", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2005-01-21", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Street outside 279 Queensland Circle S.E., Calgary", "location_precision": "exact", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Harjinder Singh Cheema", "victim_age": 30, "victim_race": "South Asian (born in India)", "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "According to the public fatality inquiry, Cheema had stabbed family members and himself, then emerged holding a kitchen knife; police say he advanced on officers ignoring commands, and a canine-handler officer fired one shot. The inquiry recorded the death as a homicide by a police member but attached no culpability, finding the shooting an appropriate response.",
    "asirt_status": null, "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "A special prosecutor concluded no criminal charges; the public fatality inquiry found the shooting justified. Predates ASIRT.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Judge rules Calgary officer justified in shooting man", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/judge-rules-calgary-officer-justified-in-shooting-man-1.718028"},
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta", "title": "Public fatality inquiry into the death of Harjinder Singh Cheema", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/249f9f08-9873-44d7-8366-0fce60141488/resource/3e4dd6f5-c415-409e-ab59-5937acce7e83/download/01160-report-to-minister-into-death-of-harjinder-singh-cheema.pdf"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Pre-ASIRT. Officer named in inquiry but cleared; not listed as charged."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2008-09-04-maragan", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2008-09-04", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Karima Towers, 1500 block 26 Avenue S.W., Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Walid Mohamed Maragan", "victim_age": 35, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say Maragan called 911 stating he had stabbed his wife, and that officers found him waving a knife and fired after a Taser failed and he continued slashing motions. His wife was found fatally stabbed. ASIRT cleared the officer.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer; no charges. A joint public fatality inquiry into both deaths was held.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary police cleared in shooting death of armed man", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-cleared-in-shooting-death-of-armed-man-1.817528"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Victims of stabbing, police shooting identified", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/victims-of-stabbing-police-shooting-identified-1.735301"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": ""
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2008-11-01-bowe", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2008-11-01", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Basement of a vacant house, Fonda Park area, southeast Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Gordon Walker Bowe", "victim_age": 30, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "taser/CEW",
    "summary": "Police say Bowe was behaving erratically and fought officers, who deployed a Taser that reportedly did not function fully, before he went into medical distress during restraint and died the next day. According to the medical examiner, death was attributed to 'excited delirium' driven by cocaine rather than the Taser. ASIRT found the officer not at fault.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT found the officer not at fault; no charges. Public fatality inquiry (2011) recommended a national system for 'excited delirium' deaths.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Cocaine, not Taser, killed man in custody: report", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cocaine-not-taser-killed-man-in-custody-report-1.823101"},
      {"outlet": "The Globe and Mail", "title": "Calgary police who fired taser not at fault in man's death: agency", "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calgary-police-who-fired-taser-not-at-fault-in-mans-death-agency/article4085274/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Arrested Nov 1, 2008; died the next day. The 'excited delirium' attribution is a now-disputed concept."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2009-03-18-oakes", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2009-03-18", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "A car wash, southwest Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Travis Douglas Oakes", "victim_age": 33, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say undercover auto-theft officers boxed in Oakes, who was wanted on warrants and believed to be in a stolen vehicle, and that he rammed police cars repeatedly before an officer fired about four rounds through the windshield. ASIRT concluded the shooting was justified.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT concluded the shooting was justified; no charges. A public fatality inquiry followed.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Police justified in fatal car-wash shooting", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/police-justified-in-fatal-car-wash-shooting-1.909073"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Man dies after being shot by police at Calgary car wash", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/man-dies-after-being-shot-by-police-at-calgary-car-wash-1.824836"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": ""
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2011-06-10-peeace", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2011-06-10", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Home in Erin Woods, southeast Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Corwin Allan Peeace", "victim_age": 40, "victim_race": "Indigenous", "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say officers responded to a welfare check after Peeace's common-law wife called 911, and an officer testified he kicked open the door, saw Peeace holding a knife, and fired four shots. ASIRT found the shooting justified; the inquiry noted the same officer had used a Taser on Peeace in an earlier 2010 call.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT found the officer's actions justified; no charges. Public fatality inquiry report dated 2015.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "Government of Alberta", "title": "Public inquiry into the death of Corwin Allan Peeace", "url": "https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-inquiry-2015-01-08"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary shooting victim Tasered in prior incident", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-shooting-victim-tasered-in-prior-incident-1.1092078"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "Indigenous identity is probable (community context), not certain. Officer named in inquiry but cleared; not listed as charged."
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2011-08-11-rawlings", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2011-08-11", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "Backyard of a home in Whitehorn, northeast Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": "Jonathan Rawlings", "victim_age": 36, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say an officer pursued Rawlings into a backyard after a vehicle stop, and that Rawlings confronted him with a screwdriver, prompting the officer to fire four rounds. ASIRT stated the officer's actions were justified.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT cleared the officer; no charges. Public fatality inquiry report issued 2016.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CTV News Calgary", "title": "ASIRT: CPS officer justified in fatal shooting of Jonathan Rawlings", "url": "https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/asirt-cps-officer-justified-in-fatal-shooting-of-jonathan-rawlings-1.1404926"},
      {"outlet": "The Globe and Mail", "title": "Suspect who came at Calgary police officer with a screwdriver shot four times", "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/suspect-who-came-at-calgary-police-officer-with-a-screwdriver-shot-four-times/article4192863/"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": ""
  },
  {
    "id": "cps-2011-10-22-citadel-axe", "agency": "Calgary Police Service", "date": "2011-10-22", "city": "Calgary",
    "location_text": "A home in Citadel, northwest Calgary", "location_precision": "approximate", "lat": null, "lng": null,
    "incident_type": "death", "victim_name": null, "victim_age": 32, "victim_race": null, "force_type": "gunshot",
    "summary": "Police say officers responding to a domestic dispute were confronted by a 32-year-old man who came out carrying an axe and advanced on an officer, and that both officers fired, killing him. The Calgary Police Association publicly questioned the man's mental health. ASIRT found the officers' actions justified.",
    "asirt_status": "cleared - no charges", "officer_name": null,
    "disposition": "ASIRT found the officers' actions justified; no charges.",
    "sources": [
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Calgary police cleared in 2011 shooting death", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-cleared-in-2011-shooting-death-1.1178212"},
      {"outlet": "CBC News", "title": "Axe-wielding man's mental health questioned", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/axe-wielding-man-s-mental-health-questioned-1.1006994"}
    ],
    "source_count": 2, "publishable": true, "notes": "The man's name was not recoverable from public sources. A mental-health crisis case."
  }
]