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George Bird
No formal gripe filed:
Need complaint to probe alleged police beating
HEATHER POLISCHUK,
Prince Albert Daily Herald, June 24, 2003
No formal complaint has been
laid against two Prince Albert City Police officers accused of
assaulting a man last week, says acting Chief Dale McFee.
George Bird, 30, complained
he was assaulted by City Police officers when he was arrested
last Tuesday night. The first nations man claimed he was punched,
kicked, stepped on and had his shoulder dislocated by one or
two police officers who arrested him following a disturbance
complaint on Tuesday. He also complained of nerve damage to a
hand from being handcuffed too tightly.
The Federation of Saskatchewan
Indian Nations sent a special investigator to look into the incident.
McFee said Monday he spoke
to the investigator, who is expected to contact the department
again shortly. But McFee said nothing can be done by way of a
police investigation at this time since there is no formal complaint.
"We will talk again (to
the special investigator) and deal with it if something else
does come," said McFee. "If and when a formal complaint
is filed, we will follow procedure and look into it."
Bird is currently serving a
six-month jail term after pleading guilty in Prince Albert provincial
court last week to an old assault charge. Police arrested him
on that charge since there was a warrant out for him, Bird told
the Herald on the weekend.
Bird said he did not resist
arrest and did nothing else to bring on the alleged assault by
the officers.
"I didn't want to get
roughed up," he said. "I didn't want them grabbing
me and throwing me on the ground, so I got on the ground myself."
McFee said he could not comment
on facts of the matter because of a potential investigation.
But when Bird appeared in court
last week, facts presented in court stated he was involved in
an altercation prior to police arriving on the scene.
McFee said formal complaints
against police are not very common. In 2001, 20 complaints were
laid while the number climbed to 21 in 2002.
One complaint was found to
be substantiated each of those years.
Complaints can be laid in areas
such as neglect of duty, abuse of authority, officer conduct
and other areas.
When a complaint is laid formally,
it is investigated either internally by the local police force
or outside by the Saskatchewan Police Complaints Commission.
In any case, a formal complaint
must first be laid.
If the complaint is found to
be substantiated, measures can be taken against the officer involved
through the Police Act or through the criminal justice system,
depending on the details of the matter.
McFee said it is not common
to get formal complaints about alleged assaults by police officers.
He said when it does, it most often happens as the result of
an arrest "which (complainants) make out to be what they
feel is an assault."
© Copyright 2003 Prince Albert Daily
Herald
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