IIU investigating dog bite, closes other cases
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The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba is investigating after a man was bit by a police dog in Sandy Bay First Nation.
A police dog was used by the Manitoba First Nations Police Service to arrest a man on Sept. 27. The man was subsequently transported to hospital in Portage la Prairie but was not admitted as an inpatient. The incident does not meet the IIU’s definition of a serious injury, but its civilian director has determined it is in the public interest for the IIU to investigate.
The IIU is asking witnesses or anyone with video of the arrest to call the IIU toll free at 1-844-667-6060.
The IIU also said Tuesday that there are no reasonable grounds to support charges against police officers in connection with separate incidents that happened years ago.
The Winnipeg Police Service told the IIU that officers were pursuing a man regarding a domestic assault early on Sept. 7, 2021. He fled a Mathers Avenue home and was found on Waverley Street when he sustained an orbital fracture in a struggle during his arrest, the IIU said.
The other incident happened on the night of Oct. 19, 2019. Winnipeg police officers approached a man wanted on several warrants in the area of 393 Portage Ave.
The man fled and used bear spray on officers three times during a foot chase, the IIU said.
He was arrested in the area of Ellice Avenue and McMicken Street. The man was transported to Health Sciences Centre for treatment of a fractured skull and lacerations.
The civilian director found no reasonable grounds to support any charges against the officers involved in the 2021 and 2019 incidents and said Tuesday that the matters are “now closed.”