IIU investigating girl’s ding dong ditch arrest by off-duty Mountie in Brandon
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The province’s police watchdog is investigating after an off-duty RCMP officer reportedly drove after five youths playing ding dong ditch, caught one and took her to her home in handcuffs.
The incident happened in Brandon earlier this month. The Brandon Police Service was contacted about the incident shortly after midnight on Oct. 19 and notified the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba about it on Oct. 21.
Brandon police said a woman told officers her daughter “was brought home in handcuffs after being dropped off” at her Hawthorn Crescent home by a man later identified as an off-duty RCMP officer.
The BPS learned the youths had been ringing doorbells and running away. A man got in his vehicle at one home and “gave chase,” the release said. The IIU did not state whether the man lives at the home or was visiting.
“The IIU civilian director determined it is in the public interest for the IIU to investigate this matter,” the release said.
The IIU asked witnesses or anyone with video that might help investigators to call 1-844-667-6060.