The Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) found no reasonable grounds to believe that a member of the Fredericton Police Force (FPF) committed a criminal offence in connection with a serious injury sustained during a police interaction.

On April 4, 2025, officers with FPF were dispatched to the residence of an adult woman to conduct a wellness check. While at the residence officers detained the woman under the New Brunswick Mental Health Act and transported her to hospital. The woman was handcuffed and was not cooperative with police. Due to the woman’s behaviour at the hospital, staff asked that she be taken into a secure room. . While being escorted by an officer the woman resisted and fell and hit her face on the concrete floor, sustaining a broken jaw. FPF contacted SIRT on April 11, 2025 when they became aware of the severity of the injury and SiRT began their investigation immediately.

The Director’s summary report can be found online: SiRT Investigating Serious Injury in Fredericton New Brunswick | Serious Incident Response Team

The SiRT is responsible for investigating all matters that involve death, serious injury, sexual assault and intimate partner violence or other matters of a public interest to be investigated that may have arisen from the actions of any police officer, on or off duty, in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Investigations are under the direction and control of an independent civilian director, who has the sole authority to determine if charges should be laid at the conclusion of an investigation.

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