Investigation
Youth Suffers Broken Arm During Arrest
Date Published: 2020-06-29
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police
Summary
This file was referred to SiRT by Halifax Regional Police (HRP) on January 23, 2020 at approximately 12:30AM. The referral related to an interaction between a female youth, the Affected Party (AP) and the Subject Officer (SO) some 30minutes earlier which caused the AP to suffer a broken arm. The investigation commenced on January 23and was completed on March 27, 2020. The following items were obtained and reviewed in preparation of this report; statements taken from the AP’s mother (Wl), the mother’s common- law husband (W2), two civilian witnesses who saw and heard parts of the interaction between the AP, Wl and the police, the report and notes of the initial officer on scene (WO), the notes and Subject Behaviour Occurrence Report prepared by the subject officer (SO), the police reports of three other officers who arrived at the scene after the AP’s interaction with the SO and WO and medical records relating to the AP’s injury. The AP did not provide a statement despite numerous reques…