If you are in immediate danger or if it is an EMERGENCY, call 911.

Police Service
Location: 135 1 Avenue S, Lethbridge
Phone: (403) 327-2210

Dial-A-Law: Pre-recorded legal information messages available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Phone: 1-800-332-1091 toll free

Lawyer Referral Service (operated by the Law Society of Alberta): Provides assistance to people who can afford to pay a lawyer but require help finding one.
Phone: 1-800-661-1095 toll free

Legal Aid Society: Provides legal services to financially eligible applicants.
Phone: (403) 381-5194
Website: www.legalaid.ab.ca

Office of the Ombudsman: Conducts impartial investigations on receipt of written complaints from individuals who believe that they have been unfairly treated by the provincial government. There are only two offices in Alberta.
Phone: 310-0000 (toll free RITE line) and ask to be connected to the main office in Edmonton at (780) 427-2756

Office of the Public Guardian: May be appointed legal guardian for dependent adults.
Location: 500 Professional Building, 740 4 Avenue, Lethbridge, AB T1J 0N9
Phone:(403) 381-5648
Fax: (403) 381-5774
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/services_resources/opg/index.asp

Lethbridge John Howard Society
Location: 07-909 3 Avenue North, Box 1568, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4K3
Phone: (403) 327-8202

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Updated: November 3, 2003
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