RCMP cordoned off a rural acreage southwest of Calgary on Friday following the death of a municipal peace officer responsible for enforcing bylaws.
Police were not identifying the officer who died, but Alberta's solicitor general said his name was Rod Lazenby, an officer with the Municipal District of Foothills. Mounties have confirmed that the officer was a retired RCMP member.
RCMP said there was an incident Friday morning at the Tangled Spur Ranch near the rural community of Priddis. Lazenby had been dispatched to a call on the property.
Peace officers with the Foothills district do not carry guns, but are armed with pepper spray and a baton. Police say no shots were fired, but would not say anything else about what happened after the officer arrived.
Lazenby was taken to Calgary Police District 8 headquarters in the city's south in medical distress. He was pronounced dead at hospital.
RCMP said they have one man who lived at the property in custody, but no charges have been laid.
On Friday, police officers were stringing yellow tape across the entrance to the property - a narrow tree-lined driveway leading to a rundown home.
