No charges will be recommended against an RCMP officer after a man was bitten by a police dog forcefully enough that his arm was broken.

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. released a report today, Dec. 18, on a case from July 28 in which a man was detained while police were investigating a nearby wire theft south of Nanaimo along the Trans-Canada Highway. The man who was bitten was not the suspect and was camping 91裸聊视频渙ff-grid,91裸聊视频� the report noted.

According to the IIO report, the RCMP officer said 91裸聊视频渉is risk assessment was high, as the suspect had a history of violence and weapon use and was likely in possession of edged instruments used for cutting and stripping wire.91裸聊视频�

The report notes that the man who was bitten said the dog 91裸聊视频渂it his right arm and held on, pulling and twisting, for about five minutes while the handler 91裸聊视频� told the dog to 91裸聊视频榙ig in.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淸The man]91裸聊视频檚 arm was seriously injured, with multiple wounds and two fractures.91裸聊视频�

The RCMP officer91裸聊视频檚 account was that the man was found hiding behind a tree, 91裸聊视频渁nd given the nature of the area [the officer] thought it unlikely that anyone else would be in the vicinity.91裸聊视频�

After taking into custody the man who had been bitten, the officer continued to track past the man91裸聊视频檚 camp and found a discarded backpack 91裸聊视频渨ith tools suitable for stealing copper wire91裸聊视频� but the suspect was not located.

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The IIO noted that if the man who was bitten was hiding, it might have been because he was camping off-grid, and he stepped out from his hiding space as instructed by the arresting officer.

91裸聊视频淭he actions of the police dog in this case were unfortunate and, it seems, unnecessary. They do not appear, though, to have been the result of an initial order to the dog,91裸聊视频� the report notes.

The IIO determined the officer 91裸聊视频渨as acting in the course of his duty91裸聊视频� and the case will not be referred to Crown counsel.

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