The ASIRT or the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigates the death of a man who was found to be unresponsive in a cell in Edmonton during a routine cell check. The paramedic on duty together with other staff provided first aid until the Emergency Medical Services arrived. According to the police, the EMS provided first aid on the victim and later brought him to the hospital for further treatment.
Before the incident, there were events that resulted to the arrest of the man. The police responded to a disturbance at a house along 45 streets and 22 Avenue. There was a 23 year old man inside the house. This man is not living in the house but is known to all residents in the area. The man was acting aggressively and intoxicated. When the officers arrived, they took the man from the house and did not lay any charges.
Unforeseen event
According to the police men, the man again returned to the same house. He entered the house without permission. They took the man again and accused him of threatening the members of the family and being inside the house unlawfully. The police men did not said if charges were laid or just pending.
Later the ASIRT issued an update and the man was taken into custody and was taken to the EPS Detainee Management Unit or the Edmonton Police Services Detainee management unit where he was placed in one or more cells.
An autopsy was conducted but failed to identify the cause of death of the man and the toxicology result. It was determined that the man had no traumatic injuries but there are bruises which are consistent with the medical intervention when the man was found not responding. Toxicology is studying the bad effects of chemical substance on living organism and treatment of exposures to toxins and toxicants.
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will focus their investigation on the police men who took the man to the prison cell. If the conduct of the policemen contributed to the death of the man, and if so, whether the conduct is legally recognized.
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