One of B.C.’s police oversight agencies is asking the public for help as it works to determine the severity of the injuries a man suffered over the summer and the extent to which police were responsible for inflicting them.
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. issued an appeal for information Tuesday in connection to an incident that occurred on Aug. 12, but wasn’t brought to its attention until two months later.
That morning, a Ridge Meadows RCMP officer was at a business in the 11800 block of 224 Street in Maple Ridge on “an unrelated matter,” the IIO said in a news release.
A loss prevention officer at the business told the officer about a recent theft and pointed out the suspect, who the officer pursued into Memorial Peace Park, according to the IIO.
There, “an interaction” occurred while the man was being taken into custody.
“At about 11:45 a.m., …