Bismarck police officer on leave after complaint of using too much force

BISMARCK — The Bismarck Police Division positioned an officer on administrative go away Friday, March 10, after receiving a criticism that the officer used extreme pressure in taking a 63-year-old man into custody.

Shortly earlier than 8 p.m. Thursday, Bismarck police had been dispatched to the realm of twenty fourth Avenue and East Fundamental Avenue concerning a person standing in the course of the road, in response to Bismarck police.

“Whereas investigating the state of affairs, the 63-year-old Bismarck man walked away from the officer after being ordered to cease,” police mentioned in a press release. “The preliminary responding officer tried to detain the 63-year-old man, and the person started displaying aggressive conduct and didn’t permit the officer to detain him. Drive needed to be utilized to realize management of the person, and ultimately he was taken into custody.”

Police didn’t disclose every other particulars of the encounter, together with the kind of pressure used on the person or any accidents he might have suffered. The title of the person and the officer concerned had been additionally not launched.

Bismarck police officers started an inside investigation after being notified that extreme pressure might have been used to take the person into custody, police mentioned.

The Bismarck Police Division referred the criticism to the North Dakota Bureau of Legal Investigation. Each businesses will conduct separate investigations into the matter whereas the officer is on go away, police mentioned.

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