Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says officers with Halifax Regional Police will not be charged after a man’s arm was broken during an arrest in Halifax earlier this year.
On Jan. 5, Halifax Regional Police was investigating an incident involving a man who was in violation of a court imposed no contact order.
The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) says, at the time, the man was standing trial for several serious criminal charges related to the person he was not permitted to contact or be around.
SiRT says the person who the man was to have no-contact with contacted police early in the day on Jan. 5 and told them he had been knocking on her door the day before.
Police were searching for the man, leading them to contact the person who called earlier in the day.
“They asked if she was OK, and she said ‘no.’ Police asked if he was in her apartment and she whispered ‘yes,‘” reads SiRT’s report. “Police responded immediately to (her) apartment.”
When police arrived, SiRT says officers found the man inside the apartment and placed him under arrest.
The man resisted arrest and was taken to the ground in a controlled manner and handcuffed, according to the report.
He was then taken to HRP’s Prisoner Care Facility where he complained of pain in his arm.
SiRT says the man was taken to hospital where it was determined he had a fractured/broken and dislocated right elbow.
Following a careful review of the evidence and the law, SiRT determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay a charge against of the responding officers.
SiRT is responsible for investigating matters involving death, serious injury, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or other matters that may have arisen from the actions of a police officer in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.
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