Attorney seeks 'impartial' police for ASU hockey player collapse probe - ESPN

The attorney representing the family of the Arizona State hockey player who collapsed during a team workout has asked the campus police department to transfer its investigation to an impartial agency such as the Phoenix police department, according to a letter obtained by ESPN on Thursday.

«The family's goal is simple: to learn the truth about what happened to their son. That requires an investigation that is impartial and free of any institutional stake in the outcome,» attorney Rob Carey wrote in the letter, which was sent to ASU's general counsel and dated Sept. 4.

«Even a flawless investigation by ASUPD would be met with the objection that the University investigated itself,» Carey wrote.

Carey urged ASU to request that the Phoenix Police Department assume the investigation and proposed the Arizona Attorney General's Office or the Arizona Department of Public Safety should Phoenix PD decline. He asked the school to respond by Friday.

«If not, we will make the request ourselves,» he wrote.

Carey declined to comment to ESPN.

An ASU spokesman did not answer ESPN's questions about the request to transfer the investigation and referred ESPN to a Sept. 3 statement that said ASU police received a 911 call around 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 and «began investigating as they would anytime they are called to a serious incident.»

The statement also said the university is reviewing the circumstances of the workout and its policies.

The ASU Police Department and the Phoenix Police Department did not immediately respond to ESPN's request for comment.

Defenseman Matthew Mayich collapsed on Aug. 20 during an offseason workout led by former Green Beret Tim Ziesel and has been hospitalized in critical condition. Mayich's attorney previously