Alberta’s police watchdog — the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) — is investigating the circumstance surrounding the use of a police dog to try and apprehend a woman in Edmonton on Oct. 10.
ASIRT says the woman was one of three people inside a vehicle, which was believed to be connected to a crime.
EPS officers reportedly noticed the vehicle in the downtown area around 1 a.m. on Oct. 10, and continued to monitor it as it drove out of downtown.
Police reportedly tried to stop the vehicle, but it fled at high speed, with reports indicating that it drove into oncoming lanes, and at one point striking another vehicle.
EPS then made several other attempt to try and stop the vehicle, before it left the road, rolled onto its side and came to a rest near a line of trees near 82 Street and Crystallina Drive.
Following the rollover, police ordered everyone out of the vehicle, and were able to take a man and a woman into custody, while another woman reportedly tried to flee on foot into the nearby wooded area.
EPS then searched the woods for the woman, and she was found by a police dog and its handler. Police note that during the arrest, the K9 officer bit the woman and she had to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
Due to the nature of the incident, ASIRT was informed and has begun an investigation.
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