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IIO advised of incident in Burns Lake that leaves woman injured

The Independent Investigations Office has been notified of an incident in Burns Lake after a woman was injured while being arrested.

On August 4 at around 6 p.m. RCMP were called to a home for a reported dispute between two people.

Officers attempted to arrest one woman who reportedly became actively resistant and police were required to use physical control to get her into the police vehicle.

According to a news release, at the detachment the woman became resistant once again and police had to use physical control.

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Police said at around 5:30 a.m. the woman complained of an injury and Emergency Health Service transported her to hospital where it was determined she had a broken leg.

The IIO is investigating police actions and no further information will be released by police.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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