Brandon police officer charged with assault after arrest of youth

A Brandon Police Service officer has been charged with assault over his alleged conduct while arresting a teenage boy last summer.

Brandon police were called to a local high school at about 1:15 p.m. on June 10, 2025 over a report of a teen armed with a bladed weapon acting “out of control,” the Independent Investigation Unit said on Tuesday.

The police oversight agency said the boy was arrested after an officer or officers used a Taser, before a second, unspecified “use-of-force encounter” between the teen and police. The teen was taken to the Brandon hospital for treatment and released back to police afterward.

The IIU began investigating the circumstances of the arrest on July 11 last year.

The IIU announced on Tuesday one officer, Const. Darren Shewchuk, was charged with assault.