No charges in Shamattawa allegations against Mounties
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This article was published 17/10/2023 (1030 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
An Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba probe into an RCMP officer’s allegations of another Mountie using excessive force during arrests in Shamattawa in 2017 has found no wrongdoing.
The civilian oversight agency, which investigates most serious incidents involving police in the province, began its investigation in September 2017, but the final report on the investigation was completed on Aug. 29, 2023.
The allegations were first made at a Sept. 26, 2017 RCMP code of conduct meeting between a Mountie and the witness officer. She said that on more than one occasion, she saw another Mountie use unnecessary force, and another officer would cover up that use of force, during their work out of the Shamattawa detachment.
The allegations were forwarded to the IIU.
The officer who made the report said one incident occurred on April 4, 2017, during a mental health call, in which the civilian was causing a disturbance and fought officers, who used force to arrest him.
The second incident occurred on June 17, 2017, during another mental health call, when a woman was arrested in a graveyard after threatening suicide and later complained of a sore wrist.
The IIU investigation found that the officer who alleged the Mountie had used excessive force gave conflicting information regarding the incidents. The probe did not produce any evidence of the second officer covering up any of the first officer’s actions, the IIU said.
The agency found the officers’ use of force was justified and reasonable.
The report was made public Tuesday.