Lethbridge police officer facing assault charge after incident with inmate

Aug 24, 2020 | 9:50 AM

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A police force in southern Alberta says one of its officers has been charged with assault stemming from an altercation with a prisoner.

In a news release Sunday, the Lethbridge Police Service says the male prisoner was not injured during the incident on Feb. 9 at its short-term holding facility, but a complaint was made under the Police Act to the province’s director of law enforcement.

While it says the matter was deemed in-scope, Alberta’s police watchdog agency was not assigned and Lethbridge’s Professional Standards Unit was directed to conduct the investigation.

It says the completed investigation was forwarded to prosecutors for review and a charge of assault was recommended.

Lethbridge police officer facing assault charge after incident with inmate

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