EPS hosts 2017 Canadian Police Canine Association National Championship Trials

The Edmonton Police Service’s Canine Unit is hosting the 2017 National Championship Canine Trials this weekend in Edmonton, to determine which Canadian team will be awarded “Top Dog.”

Each year, canine teams from across Canada come together in friendly competition to test their skills. This year’s trials will take place over the course of three days, commencing Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. While Sept. 15 and 16 are closed to the public, the trials culminate into a public day on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 at RE/MAX Field located at 10233-96 Avenue. Opening ceremonies for the event will take place at 9 a.m., with a half-time program around noon. The event is scheduled to conclude at 4 p.m..

 

“Everyone is welcome to the public event taking place on Sunday,” says Const. Murray Burke, Chairman of the Trials and handler with the EPS Canine Unit. “There will be plenty of activities for children and families… and of course, lots of dogs,” says Burke.

 

The events taking place Sept. 15 and 16 include tracking, evidence location, detection, building and compound searches, as well as drug and explosive detection. The public day on Sept. 17, will showcase agility, obedience and criminal apprehension – skills which handlers and their dogs use each day on the job.  

 

Forty-two different dog teams from 14 different agencies across the country will be participating in this year’s trials.

 

“This year also marks the 50^th anniversary of the EPS Canine Unit,” says Burke. “So it would be nice to defend our Top Dog title for the third year in a row on home turf.”

 

The Canadian Police Canine Association (CPCA) is a non-profit organization formed in 1978 by several dog handlers. For more information on the CPCA or the trials, please visit http://ift.tt/2f59iMP and http://ift.tt/2f68188.

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Public information and warning: Violent and sexual offender released

In the interest of public safety, the Edmonton Police Service is issuing the following warning: Ernest Bruno, 59, is a convicted sexual and violent offender and the Edmonton Police Service has reasonable grounds to believe he will commit another sexual or violent offence against a person, including children, while in the community.

Bruno will be residing in the Edmonton area. The Edmonton Police Service has sought a recognizance order on Bruno and he will be closely monitored by the Behavioral Assessment Unit of the Edmonton Police Service.

 

Ernest Bruno, 59

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 160 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Bruno has been placed on a series of court ordered conditions including:

• Must abide by a curfew of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., daily

• Must abstain from alcohol and drugs, including marijuana

• Must not enter any premise whose primary source of income is derived from the sale or consumption of alcohol

• Must not leave the City of Edmonton without the approval of his supervisor

• Must not be in, near or around places where children under the age of 18 years are likely to congregate (i.e. elementary/secondary schools, daycare centers, parks, swimming pools, wading pools, splash parks, recreational centers, youth centers) unless accompanied by an adult approved by his supervisor

• Not to be in the presence of any children under the age of 18, unless accompanied by a responsible adult approved by his supervisor

• Not to be in possession of weapons of any kind, including knives

The Edmonton Police Service is issuing this information and warning after careful deliberation of all related issues, including privacy concerns, in the belief that it is clearly in the public interest to inform the members of the community. 

 

Anyone with information about any potential breaches of these conditions by Bruno is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567.

 

Members of the public are advised that the intent of this process is to enable citizens to take suitable precautionary measures. Releasing this information is NOT intended to encourage people to engage in any form of vigilante action.

 

This information is released under the authority of the FOIP Act, RSA 2000, C. F-25.

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Collision claims life of male motorcyclist in southeast Edmonton

The Edmonton Police Service Major Collision Investigations Unit is investigating a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle that occurred late Sunday evening on Parsons Road, claiming the life of a 29-year-old male motorcycle driver.

Southeast Division patrol officers responded to a 911 call made by another motorist driving near the collision scene at approximately 11 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, on Parsons Road just south of the Anthony Henday overpass.

 

Upon arrival, EPS officers found a deceased male motorcyclist lying in the middle of Parsons Road. A vehicle being driven by an on coming motorist came to rest in a ditch on the east side of Parsons Road.

 

Although the investigation is still in its preliminary stages at this time, investigators believe the motorcyclist was travelling northbound, while the 32-year-old driver of a Chevrolet Malibu was travelling southbound on Parsons Road, when the two vehicles collided.

No charges have been laid at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.

Motorists travelling through southeast Edmonton are advised to avoid Parsons Road between 12^th Avenue (South Common Wal-Mart) and Ellwood Drive, located south of the Anthony Henday overpass, until further notice.

 

Anyone with information about this fatal collision is encouraged to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at http://ift.tt/1az8Eve.

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Collision claims life of female motorcycle passenger

The Edmonton Police Service Major Collision Investigations Unit is investigating a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle that occurred Sunday evening on Groat Road, claiming the life of a female motorcycle passenger.

West Division patrol officers responded to a collision call at approximately 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, near the bottom of the Victoria Park Road hill.

 

Upon arrival, EPS officers found a 30-year-old male motorcycle driver in serious medical distress and his female passenger deceased lying near the intersection for Groat Road Bridge and Groat Road.

 

Although the investigation is still preliminary at this time, it was reported to police that the male driver was travelling westbound down the Victoria Park Road hill, when his 2008 Ducati ‎motorcycle allegedly struck a 2007 Toyota Yaris travelling in the same direction.

 

The subsequent collision ejected both driver and passenger riding on the motorcycle, killing the female passenger instantly.

The male motorcycle driver was treated and transported to hospital by paramedics with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.

 

The male driver of the Yaris was in shock, but uninjured.

 

Anyone with information about this fatal collision is encouraged to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at http://ift.tt/1az8Eve.

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Hit-and-run suspect succumbs to injuries, after single-vehicle collision

A 30-year-old male suspect is dead, after allegedly fleeing the scene of an earlier hit-and-run collision. It was reported to police on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at approximately 3:45 p.m., that a suspect male driving a silver Ford Freestar minivan was travelling northbound in an alley between 97 Street and 101 Street, when it allegedly struck a blue Dodge Ram1500 travelling eastbound along 116 Avenue.

It is alleged that the driver of the suspect vehicle then fled the scene with the 56-year-old complainant driver of the Dodge Ram 1500 in pursuit.

The suspect male then reportedly drove eastbound down 118 Avenue to 97 Street, before travelling southbound at a high rate of speed.

The suspect driver then reportedly lost control, while swerving to avoid a parked vehicle, before striking a tree, causing him to be trapped inside the vehicle.

Members of the Edmonton Fire Department attended and successfully extracted the suspect male from the van. Paramedics treated and transported the male to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the fatal collision.

This is Edmonton’s 15^th traffic fatality of 2017.



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Male suspect shot and killed by police in west-end parking lot

At approximately 8:15 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, EPS officers were attempting to arrest a male suspect wanted on outstanding warrants while driving a vehicle in a shopping centre parking lot near Groat Road and 113 Avenue.

The male suspect then reportedly collided with an EPS vehicle in an attempt to flee the scene, while EPS vehicles attempted to box in the suspect vehicle.

 

A confrontation then occurred between the male suspect and officers, and the officers subsequently discharged their service weapons. The 29-year-old male suspect was struck and killed.

 

A firearm was subsequently found at the scene.

 

The EPS officers are safe and unharmed.

 

The EPS will not be providing further comment as the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has since taken the lead in this investigation.

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Charges laid in fatal collision

The Edmonton Police Service has charged a 20-year-old male in relation to a fatal collision that claimed the life of a 90-year-old woman last month.

On Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 at approximately 5 p.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the area of 163 Street and 92 Avenue.  It was reported that a blue 2015 Dodge Ram truck travelling northbound on 163 Street struck a black 2010 Honda CR-V that was turning onto 163 Street southbound from 92 Avenue westbound. The collision allegedly caused the Ram truck to veer off the road, strike a tree and come to rest in the front yard of a nearby residence.

 

The CR-V was occupied by four individuals - three females and one male. EMS responded, treated and transported two female passengers, a 59-year-old and a 90-year-old, to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The 68-year-old male driver of the CR-V and an additional passenger, a 67-year-old female, did not sustain any injuries.

 

The Ram truck was also occupied by four individuals – two females and two males. The two female passengers, a nine-year-old and a 51-year-old, were treated by EMS and transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The 20-year-old male driver and an additional passenger, a 67-year-old male, did not sustain any injuries.

 

On Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 the 90-year-old female passenger in the CR-V succumbed to her injuries.

 

The 59-year-old female passenger of the CR-V has been released from hospital and continues to recover from her injuries.

 

Hidircan Ozdemir, 20, is charged with dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, endangering a child and breach recognizance.

 

Speed was considered a factor in this collision.

 

This was Edmonton’s 14^th traffic fatality of 2017.

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