Original source: https://www.scribd.com/document/415719108/Edmonton-Police-Service-lawsuit-settlements
Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/foip/_archive/scribd-eps-lawsuit-settlements-foip/scribd-eps-lawsuit-settlements-foip.pdf.
Edmonton Police Service Lawsuit Settlements — FOIP document¶
Primary FOIP record, obtained via freedom-of-information request and uploaded to Scribd by the Edmonton Journal. This is the "well-known" EPS settlements document.
Confirmed metadata (verbatim from Scribd landing page)¶
- Title: "Edmonton Police Service Lawsuit Settlements"
- Source/uploader: Edmonton Journal
- Document length: 9 pages
- Views (at retrieval): ~6K
- Description: the document "details how much Edmonton police paid out to settle lawsuits" and contains "records detailing settlements in civil cases brought against EPS, including the type of allegation, date and amount paid in settlement."
Status of figure extraction¶
The actual tabular content (per-case allegation / date / amount, and any grand total) is behind Scribd's paywall / rendered in a JS viewer and was NOT retrievable via WebFetch on 2026-07-03. Multiple fetch attempts (direct, short URL, Wayback) returned only metadata; web.archive.org is hard-blocked by the fetch tool in this environment.
An archived snapshot DOES exist (Wayback API confirmed):
http://web.archive.org/web/20260618185909/https://www.scribd.com/document/415719108/Edmonton-Police-Service-lawsuit-settlements
(status 200) — retrievable from a browser but not from this tool.
What is known from context¶
- Upload date circa 2019 (document ID 415719108 range + Edmonton Journal FOIP reporting of that era).
- Covers civil settlements paid by EPS — i.e. money paid to make claims go away, distinct from publicly reported lawsuit claims (which are the amount sought, not paid).
GAP / TODO for human follow-up¶
Retrieve the 9-page PDF directly (browser or Scribd download) to extract: - grand total dollars settled - number of cases - exact date range - individual notable payouts These figures could not be confirmed programmatically and must not be fabricated.