The Independent Investigations Office of B.C (IIO) has concluded their investigation of a 2020 arrest in which a man sustained injuries.
Around 10 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2020, a man was arrested by members of the Victoria Police Department in the hallway of his Blanshard Street apartment building. After the arrest, the man reported that he attended the hospital after sustained serious, but not life-threatening injuries.
The provincial police watchdog, was notified by the man in November 2023 and opened an investigation, which was concluded on April 24, 2024.
“Initial investigative steps sought to confirm the extent of the man’s injury. It was later determined the injury did not meet the threshold of serious harm, as defined by the Police Act,” noted a news release from the IIO.
According to the Police Act, serious harm is defined as an injury that may result in death, may cause serious disfigurement, or may cause substantial loss or impairment of mobility of the body as a whole or of the function of any limb or organ.
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