The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is seeking witnesses to the arrest of a man in Courtenay on Jan. 5, 2025.
Information provided by the RCMP states that at around 11 p.m., officers responded to a call about a possibly impaired driver in the 2300 block of Mansfield Drive. Police later located the SUV in question in the parking lot of a hotel in the 2200-block of Cliffe Avenue.
Officers located a man inside a Cadillac Escalade SUV and attempted to arrest him. There was then an interaction between the man and police while they detained him, and the man suffered an injury in the process.
He was then taken to the hospital for treatment.
The IIO opens investigations into police conduct when there has been an injury that meets the threshold of serious harm, as defined by the Police Act, or a death, and if there is a connection between the serious harm/death and police action or inaction.
The IIO is asking that any witnesses that have not already provided a statement, or who have video footage of the incident, to please contact the IIO at their Witness Line toll-free at 1-855-446-8477.
