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Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)

Investigates events where serious injury or death may have been caused by police and serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct.

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Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)

Purpose

Created under the Police Act, ASIRT investigates Alberta police officers whose conduct:

  • may have caused serious injuries
  • may have caused death
  • has led to serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct, such as:
    • breach of trust
    • obstruction of justice
    • sexual assault
    • perjury
    • theft
    • fraud

On December 1, 2025, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will join the Police Review Commission (PRC), a new independent agency that investigates serious incidents, criminal allegations and complaints involving police in Alberta.

Latest news

Get the recent news releases and decisions on ASIRT investigations.

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In focus

ASIRT statistics
Understand the nature of the team’s work and types of matters undertaken.
About ASIRT
The team is an independent, civilian-led agency.
ASIRT media inquiries
Members of the media can contact the team.

Investigative role

The province's director of law enforcement assigns ASIRT its files. ASIRT may be directed to:

  • conduct an investigation
  • take over an ongoing investigation
  • review the investigation of a police agency
  • oversee and provide direction on an investigation being conducted by a police agency

Criminal charges

ASIRT's executive director decides – after consulting the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service – whether a police officer should be criminally charged.

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