LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.—Alberta’s police watchdog has opened an investigation after a 12-year-old girl was injured during an arrest by Lethbridge police. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says officers responded twice on Nov. 16 to a residence in the southern Alberta city. When officers returned to the station, they discovered that the caller had given a false name and that she had outstanding warrants for her arrest. Officers returned to the residence and arrested the woman, but her 12-year-old daughter was hurt when she got involved as police tried to handcuff her mother. On Nov. 19, a lawyer contacted Lethbridge police to report that the girl had been injured during her mother’s arrest.

Source: thestar November 26, 2019 22:41 UTC