Yellowknife RCMP order investigation into use of force complaint
Alberta's Lethbridge Regional Police Service will investigate a prisoner's complaint against the Yellowknife RCMP.
Prisoner complaint alleges RCMP used excessive force during search
Yellowknife RCMP have asked an Alberta police service to investigate a complaint against an officer.
The complaint stems from a prisoner search on Jan. 7 in one of the detachment's cell blocks.
The allegation was made by a prisoner who says an officer used excessive force.
This is the second external investigation in four months involving injuries sustained by prisoners in RCMP custody in Yellowknife.
Last March a woman was injured while in a cell. RCMP say she was alone at the time.
The Lethbridge Regional Police Service will conduct the investigation.