Investigation
Veteran Arrested After Noise Complaint & Resisting Officers
Date Published: 2016-11-17
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: RCMP Lunenburg
Summary
On April 15, 2016, SiRT was contacted by a CBC reporter in relation to three videos that had been posted on YouTube by a resident of Lunenburg County. These videos related to the arrest of a 53-year-old male, the Affected Person (AP), in restaurant premises located in the County. Those videos can still be found on YouTube by searching “Sunday 28February 2016A Day I Will Never Forget Cam #1”, “Bullied Out Of Business RCMP Attack Cam #2” and “RCMP Attack Disabled Veteran 28Feb 2016Cam #3 / Bullied Out Of Home & Business”. The videos record an interaction where three RCMP officers, Officers 1, 2, and 3, enter the premises owned by AP in an effort to arrest AP. AP struggles with Officers 1and 2, during which Officer 1utilizes a conducted energy weapon (CEW) on AP. This leads to AP’s compliance and subsequent handcuffing by Officer 2. Officer 3does not actively participate in the arrest. After reviewing those videos, the Director determined that SiRT would initiate an investigation o…