Police watchdog clears Brandon officers
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This article was published 01/02/2022 (1510 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba’s police watchdog has cleared Brandon police officers after they allegedly choked a man during a mental health call last winter.
The Independent Investigations Unit of Manitoba is not recommending charges after officers reportedly choked a man unconscious on Jan. 16, 2021.
According to the IIU’s report, the complainant was arrested under the Mental Health Act after he threatened to hurt himself.
He was transported to the Brandon Regional Health Centre, where he was put in a wheelchair and had his legs and arms secured. He was agitated and broke one of the straps binding his leg to the wheelchair by kicking his legs, the report reads.
In response, two officers held him down and one allegedly put him in a chokehold until he was unconscious, according to the report.
There was no video in that part of the hospital, the IIU said, and notes taken by nursing staff were “silent on the use of a chokehold.”
The complainant alleges he has had pain in the back of his neck and sides of his skull as a result of the incident. He also told IIU investigators he has a sore throat and back pain that makes it hard to lay down in bed.
Independent Investigations Unit civilian director Zane Tester identified six BPS officers as witness officers. Investigators interviewed the complainant, along with six civilian witnesses.
The IIU reviewed the incident report, copies of correspondence between BPS and the complainant, police cruiser video, the police use of force report, witness officer notes, the 911 call and medical records in the investigation.
“Based on the various witness accounts and other information obtained in this investigation, the civilian director is not satisfied that reasonable grounds exist to justify the designation of any BPS officer as a subject officer. In addition, the civilian director is not satisfied that there exists any evidence to find that any BPS officer used excessive and unnecessary force during all interactions with AP,” the IIU said in a press release.
The investigation is now closed.
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