Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a woman suffered a serious injury during an arrest by the Edmonton police canine unit.
On Friday, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) said it is looking into the conduct of a team of Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officers who arrested a woman around 1 a.m. Oct. 10.
According to ASIRT, the woman was one of three people in a vehicle believed to have been involved in a serious crime. Police monitored the vehicle as it left downtown, but when officers attempted a stop, it sped off, driving into oncoming traffic and striking another vehicle.
“Following additional unsuccessful attempts by police to stop the vehicle, it left the road, rolled onto its side and came to rest near a line of trees in the area of 82 Street and Crystallina Drive,” ASIRT’s news release states.
While a man and a woman were arrested at the scene of the crash without further incident, another woman in the car ran into some nearby woods. When a police canine unit caught up to the woman, the dog bit her, leaving her with serious injuries that required an ambulance trip to hospital.
ASIRT said its information is still preliminary and that certain details cannot be shared to maintain the integrity of its investigation.
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