N.B. RCMP officer did not commit crime while breaking man’s nose in arrest: watchdog

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New Brunswick’s Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) concluded that an RCMP officer did not commit a crime when he broke a man's nose during an arrest in Moncton on June 2. The incident occurred while police were executing a search warrant and the non-cooperative individual was pinned against a forklift, leading to his injury. Despite the man’s claim of a hearing impairment affecting communication with the officer, SiRT determined that the use of force was reasonable under the circumstances.
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In October 2026, New Brunswick’s Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) concluded that an RCMP officer did not commit a crime when he broke the nose of a 55-year-old man during an arrest in Moncton on June 2, 2026. The incident occurred while police were executing a search warrant at a residence where four people were present; one person did not cooperate with the officers. According to SiRT’s report, the officer used reasonable force after the non-compliant man was pinned against a forklift and taken to the ground, resulting in a broken nose. The injured man told investigators he has a hearing impairment and could not understand the officer's commands. Additionally, the 55-year-old man who was injured during the arrest later faced 38 charges, including 25 counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

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Get breaking National news The watchdog’s report says one of the four people at the residence did not co-operate with police and the officer pinned him against a forklift and took him to the ground, breaking his nose.
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N.B. RCMP officer did not commit crime while breaking man’s nose in arrest: watchdog · assertive framing

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New Brunswick’s police watchdog says an RCMP officer who broke a man’s nose during an arrest did not commit a crime. asserted
who → say → crime
The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) investigated after an officer injured a man while police executed a search warrant at a residence in Moncton on June 2. asserted
police → investigate → June
Get breaking National news The watchdog’s report says one of the four people at the residence did not co-operate with police and the officer pinned him against a forklift and took him to the ground, breaking his nose. asserted
officer → get → nose
It also says the man who was injured told SiRT he has a hearing impairment and did not know what the officer was saying to him. asserted
officer → say → him
The watchdog found the officer acted reasonably while using force to secure the man in handcuffs because the man did not follow his commands. asserted
man → find → commands
New Brunswick RCMP said a 55-year-old Moncton man was injured during the intervention and later charged with 38 offences, including 25 counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. asserted
man → say → 5,000
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