Investigation
SiRT Investigating Serious Injury Sustained During Arrest in Miramichi
File Number: 2025-0124
Date Opened: 2025-10-27
Date Closed:
Date Published: 2025-12-19
Province: New Brunswick
Police Agency: Miramichi
Status: Ongoing
Summary
The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) is investigating a serious injury that was sustained during an arrest in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Preliminary information suggests:
- On September 21, 2025, members of the Miramichi Police Force (MPF) responded to a call at a gas station on Nelson Street related to an adult woman in a vehicle who would not leave the pumps.
- An MPF officer approached the vehicle to speak with the woman. She refused to speak with the officer and was subsequently arrested for obstruction.
- The woman was not compliant and officers removed her from her vehicle, handcuffed her, and placed her in a police vehicle.
- The woman was assessed by paramedics at MPF cells for a wrist injury and was later transported by an officer to Horizon Health Network for mental health related concerns.
- The woman was diagnosed with a fractured wrist.