Investigation
Public Interest Investigation related to Shoplifting investigation
Date Published: 2020-10-05
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police
Summary
SiRT was initially contacted by the Halifax Regional Police Service (HRPS) on January 16, 2020 and advised that the Affected Person (AP) had sustained injuries during an arrest the previous day for an alleged shoplifting offence at the Halifax Walmart store. This investigation commenced on January 17, 2020and was completed on July 3, 2020. The following list contains what was obtained, reviewed, and considered during the investigation an d in the preparation of this report: Subject Officer l’s (SOl) statement of events and Supplementary Occurrence Report, Subject Officer 2’s (SO2) handwritten notes, his Supplementary Oc currence Report, his Subject Behaviour Officer Response Report (SBOR) and photographs of his injuries, Supplementary Occurrence Reports of four Witness Officers (WOs), statements taken from one Halifax Shopping Centre (HSC) security officer, two Walmart Asset Protection Officers (APOs), five Walmart employees (WEs), two civilian witnesses (CWs), as well as Walmart securi…