Alberta Police Watchdog to Investigate in-Custody Death in Fort McMurray

ASIRT seeks witnesses of fatal Fort McMurray arrest

Alberta's police watchdog says security footage shows the April 30 incident in Abasand was witnessed by multiple people.

In-custody deaths remain mired in darkness

Andrea Armstrong launched a project six years ago that seemed impossible at the time: compiling a database on the number of people who have died while incarcerated in Louisiana.  Understanding the full depth of the prison death crisis in the United States has long been a challenge. While prisons are mandated by state laws to file reports on the deaths of people under their supervision, the rules are much weaker for the county and city jails that…

Alberta police watchdog to investigate in-custody death in Fort McMurray

Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a man died in the custody of RCMP in Fort McMurray.

ASIRT Investigating In Custody Death in Fort McMurray

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will be investigating an in custody death in Fort McMurray. The Wood-Buffalo RCMP arrested a man who appeared intoxicated near a gas station on Athabasca Avenue.  He resisted, and was eventually put in handcuffs. The officers then noted he went into medical distress.  Despite life saving measures from the officers and paramedics the man died in hospital. Police say there were several witnesses, and some…