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An outside police watchdog is investigating the actions of a Whitehorse RCMP officer after an incident at the city’s emergency shelter — but authorities have released almost no information about what the officer allegedly did. RCMP say the officer attended 405 Alexander Street on August 11 after a call involving an unwanted, intoxicated woman. After the incident, a third party reported concerns about the officer’s actions. The matter was referred to Yukon’s Department of Justice, which has now brought in Alberta’s Serious Incident Response Team to conduct an independent external investigation. Officials have not said whether force was used, whether the woman was injured or even what specific conduct prompted the complaint. That lack of detail makes the next question obvious: what did the third party see that was serious enough to trigger an outside police-watchdog investigation?