Clifton Purvis: Alberta Serious Incident Response Team

Alberta Serious Incident Response Team: The report by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, known as ASIRT, says the officers were lawfully trying to restrain the 34-year-old man after his arrest April 11, 2012, on criminal driving charges, according to Huffington Post. Purvis says the man pushed away and ran from staff, leapt over a 1-1/2-metre barrier, stood on a desk and threw TV monitors at officers. He was pulled to the floor where additional officers tried to control him and "eventually they were able to apply handcuffs and ankle restraints." EDMONTON - An investigation has concluded that two police officers did not cause the death of a man who was Tasered during a struggle while in custody. ASIRT executive director Clifton Purvis says the man was in custody at the detainee management unit at Edmonton police headquarters and refused to be handcuffed for a trip to his bail hearing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.