RCMP officers won’t be charged after driver injured
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The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba has concluded no criminal charges should be laid against two Gimli RCMP officers after a man’s eye was injured while he was being arrested.
IIU civilian director Zane Tessler said on Tuesday that after a review by Manitoba Prosecution Services and a review of the evidence “he is satisfied” neither of the officers involved needs to be charged.
An RCMP member was monitoring traffic north of Gimli on July 19, 2015, when a vehicle passed by at high speed.
The officer called for backup after a pursuit, and a 37-year-old man was arrested.
The IIU began investigating because, while being arrested, the man suffered an injury to his left eye that was later diagnosed as having a non-displaced fractured orbital bone.
With the man’s criminal charges still before the courts, the IIU will not comment further at this time, but the complete report will be released after all the charges have been dealt with.
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