Tag: Calgary Police Service

Police Warning of Scammers Posing as Calgary Officers to Steal Thousands of Dollars

Police are warning about scammers who are claiming to be Calgary officers while stealing thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency schemes. Police say that over the past several weeks, they have become aware of cases involving scammers claiming to be Calgary officers to convince people they owe thousands of dollars in legal fees. Investigators say that…


Calgary Planning to Be Law Enforcement Training Hub on Cryptocurrency Crimes

Police in Alberta’s largest city are turning to a global blockchain data platform to help combat cryptocurrency crimes. Calgary police announced Wednesday they have entered into a partnership with Chainalysis, a U.S.-based company that provides data, software and research services to government agencies, financial institutions, cybersecurity companies and now law enforcement organizations. It is to…


Police Say Six Teenagers Have Been Charged in a Swarming at Calgary Drugstore

Calgary police say six teenage boys have been charged in a swarming attack that left two store employees injured in November. Police say the group of male youth was asked to leave a Shoppers Drug Mart store on 17th Avenue, a popular pedestrian street in the city’s southwest, after causing a disturbance. They say the teens left the…


Officer Killed in BC Avalanche Was Mentor to Younger Officers: Chief

A Nelson, B.C., police officer who died in an avalanche earlier this week is being remembered as a gentle man who looked out for those who were new to the force. Const. Wade Tittemore, 43, died Monday while off-duty, skiing with a colleague just north of Kaslo, B.C. Nelson police Chief Donovan Fisher said Tuesday…


Calgary Councillor Charged With Mischief Following Confrontation With Driver

A Calgary city councillor has been charged with mischief following an investigation into a confrontation between him and a driver at an intersection earlier this year. The Edmonton Police Service says in an email that the Calgary Police Service requested in April that they handle a probe into an incident involving Gian-Carlo Carra, noting Carra…


‘We Managed to Survive’: 100 Year Old Veteran Remembers Second World War Airfields

Hangar 4 has seen better days. Only scraps of its original white paint remain. The rest has been sandblasted away by 80 years of winds that sweep down from the Rocky Mountains west of the town of Claresholm, Alta. Most of the windows are broken. The hangar’s lone occupants appear to be three pigeons perched…


Calgarians Invited to Honour Fallen Officer by Lining Procession Route

Calgarians are being welcomed to honour fallen police officer Sgt. Andrew Harnett today, by lining the route of a formal procession that will escort his body from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home. Harnett was killed in the line of duty in Calgary on New Year’s eve while attempting to pull over an…