IIU investigating to determine if excessive force used in boy’s arrest
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A 12-year-old boy may not have suffered broken bones, but the province’s police watchdog has still decided to investigate after receiving a complaint of excessive force being used during his arrest by a police officer.
Zane Tessler, civilian director of the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba, confirmed on Friday that his unit has launched an investigation into the incident even though the boy wasn’t seriously injured as defined by Police Services Act regulations. These regulations define serious injuries as broken bones or internal injuries.
“It becomes a discretionary matter where I have to assess public interest,” he said, adding he could not at this time say the exact type or extent of the boy’s injuries.
“I determined it to be in the public interest for the agency to investigate.”
Tessler said the boy was arrested on Aug. 7, but the allegation didn’t come to the attention of police service officials until Sept. 27. The IIU was then immediately notified.
Tessler would only say the boy was arrested during a police investigation.
He said the investigation is focusing on the actions of a single police officer.
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Updated on Saturday, September 30, 2017 11:10 AM CDT: Updated