IIU probing allegations RCMP broke woman’s wrist
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Manitoba’s police watchdog is investigating after a woman alleged RCMP broke her wrist and treated her unfairly when she was arrested and transported to Dauphin’s hospital under the Mental Health Act.
Around 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 20, the Medical Transportation Co-ordination Centre in Ebb and Flow First Nation requested assistance from RCMP after receiving a call about a woman with an edged weapon who was threatening to harm herself.
Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP and paramedics arrived at a residence and found the woman on the front steps who was no longer in possession of the edged weapon, the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba said in a news release on Tuesday.
The woman appeared to be in distress and told police she wanted to see a doctor. Mounties used de-escalation techniques for 20 minutes, but the woman refused to leave with emergency medical services, the IIU said.
Police arrested her under the Mental Health Act. She was handcuffed and taken in a police cruiser to the Dauphin Regional Health Centre.
When the woman arrived at the hospital, she was passively resistant, verbally abusive and refused to go inside, the watchdog agency said.
She sat on the ground outside until police got a wheelchair to bring her into the hospital.
On Sept. 25 at 12:45 a.m., the woman approached a police officer at a store in Ste. Rose du Lac, stating police had broken her wrist outside the hospital and that she hadn’t been treated fairly while in custody.
She was wearing a medical cast on her wrist, the release said.
RCMP notified the IIU about the incident on Monday. The IIU is mandated to investigate the incident as it involves an allegation of serious injuries.
The watchdog said its investigation is still ongoing and anyone who has information or video footage that could help the investigation is asked to contact the IIU toll-free at 1-844-667-6060.
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