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By James Peters

Independent Investigations Office

Police watchdog to investigate Kamloops RCMP after arrested suspect went into medical distress

Feb 8, 2021 | 4:07 PM

KAMLOOPS — B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating an incident Friday night (Feb. 5) involving Kamloops RCMP.

At about 11:20 p.m., RCMP responded to the area of Pemberton Terrace and Columbia Street West in Lower Sahali. According to an RCMP release, a man had allegedly thrown a rock at a car at that spot, and was reported causing a disturbance by yelling and screaming in the street.

Officers found the man in the 400-block of Pemberton Terrace and tried to arrest him. RCMP say the man resisted arrest and officers used a taser to bring him into custody.

After he was handcuffed, the man went into medical distress. Paramedics took him to hospital in serious condition.

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. will determine if officer action or inaction resulted in the man’s medical distress.

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