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The official account of Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, creating safer communities for all Albertans
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In September 2025, ALERT announced Project Cerberus, an extensive two-year investigation which dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network and marked one of the largest drug seizures in Alberta history.

Our top newsmakers of 2025: alert-ab.ca/2025-top-new...
February 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
In June 2025, ALERT arrested nine suspects, seized large amounts of cocaine, and restrained more than $2.5 million in assets linked to drug trafficking.

Read more about Project Leadline and the rest of our top newsmakers of 2025: alert-ab.ca/2025-top-newsmakers/
January 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM
In May 2025, ALERT announced that $3 million worth of cocaine and other drugs was seized from an Edmonton-area home.

Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for April 27, 2026.

Look back on all of our top newsmakers of 2025: alert-ab.ca/2025-top-new...
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
In April 2025, six people were charged in an extensive organized crime investigation in Grande Prairie.

Project Glacier was a two-year investigation led by ALERT Grande Prairie’s organized crime team.

Look back on all of our top newsmakers of 2025: alert-ab.ca/2025-top-new...
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 PM
In March 2025, ALERT Medicine Hat's organized crime team arrested three people and seized a loaded handgun and a kilogram of methamphetamine upon learning that drugs were being couriered into Medicine Hat.

Look back on all of our top newsmakers of 2025 here: alert-ab.ca/2025-top-newsmakers/
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This month is Crime Stoppers Awareness Month, and we're joining communities across the world in recognizing 50 years of the Crime Stoppers movement.

Over the years, more than 130,000 anonymous tips have led to 7,500 arrests, 12,700 charges laid and 15,000 cases solved.
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Stay tuned... we're taking a look back on our top newsmakers of 2025 and sharing updates on our favourite files from the past year.

More to come...
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On behalf of all of us at ALERT, we wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season.
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
S/Sgt. Alison Church with our ICE unit spoke with media this morning regarding the Edmonton teacher charged with multiple sexual offences involving a student.
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ALERT operates with one overarching goal: to create safer communities for all Albertans.

Our teams stretch across Alberta, including Red Deer, providing service in both urban and rural areas.

Read more about our regional results in our Annual Report.
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ALERT operates with one overarching goal: to create safer communities for all Albertans.

Our teams stretch across Alberta, including Medicine Hat, and includes important partners like the Medicine Hat Police Service.

Read more about our regional results in our Annual Report.
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
ALERT operates with one overarching goal: to create safer communities for all Albertans.

Our teams stretch across Alberta, including Lloydminster, providing service in both urban and rural areas.

Read more about our regional results in our Annual Report.
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ALERT operates to create safer communities for all Albertans.

Our teams stretch across Alberta, including Lethbridge. This allows us to support urban and rural areas and access a range of specialized law enforcement resources.

Read more about our regional results in our Annual Report.
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ALERT operates to create safer communities for all Albertans.

Our teams stretch across Alberta, including Grande Prairie. This allows us to support urban and rural areas and access a range of specialized law enforcement resources.

Read more about our regional results in our Annual Report.
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
ALERT operates to create safer communities for all Albertans.

Our teams stretch across Alberta, including Fort McMurray. This allows us to support urban and rural areas and access a range of specialized law enforcement resources.

Read more about our regional results in our Annual Report.
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Chad and Christopher Loyie were sentenced to 11.5 years for their roles in a large-scale fentanyl production and trafficking operation.

Project Essence seized more than 31 kgs of fentanyl and precursors, along with 7,600 kgs of chemicals used in fentanyl production.
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ICYMI: ALERT Lloydminster assisted Cold Lake RCMP and numerous other partners in conducting several search warrants earlier this month as part of an investigation into drug trafficking in Cold Lake.
August 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This week, Deputy Commissioner Trevor Daroux became the 27th Commanding Officer of the Alberta RCMP, ready to serve our communities with integrity, innovation, and inclusivity.

We look forward to continuing to work together to keep Alberta communities safe.
August 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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July 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Project Leadline is a two-year organized crime investigation led by ALERT Lethbridge, with help from Taber Police Service, Lethbridge Police Service, and the RCMP.

Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh, Chief Graham Abela, and Insp. Brad Lundeen are speaking with media at a news conference in Lethbridge.
June 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Following a lengthy organized crime investigation in southwest Alberta, ALERT has arrested nine suspects, seized large amounts of cocaine, and has restrained more than $2.5 million in assets linked to drug trafficking.

A news conference is scheduled in Lethbridge for later today.
June 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ICYMI: Two alleged drug dealers were arrested and over a kilogram of cocaine was seized following an ALERT investigation in Medicine Hat.

Read more: alert-ab.ca/two-charged-...
June 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM