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By The Canadian Press
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Province’s police watchdog investigating after 12-year-old injured during an arrest

Nov 26, 2019 | 4:53 PM

LETHBRIDGE — Alberta’s police watchdog has opened an investigation after a 12-year-old girl was injured during an arrest by Lethbridge police.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says officers responded twice on Nov. 16 to a residence in the southern Alberta city.

The first caller reported that occupants in the downstairs unit of a building were screaming and smashing objects, leading police to talk to the 33-year old woman who had called and to arrest another woman who lived downstairs.

When officers returned to the station, they discovered that the caller had given a false name and that she had outstanding warrants for her arrest.

Police say they received a second call from an occupant of the downstairs unit to report that the 33-year old woman had stolen an item and was causing damage to the building.

Officers returned to the residence and arrested the woman, but her 12-year-old daughter was hurt when she got involved as police tried to handcuff her mother.

by The Canadian Press