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Charges laid against Halifax police officer

Nova Scotia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after the pedestrian was hit on Saturday while officers were responding to a call about an injured child.
Nova Scotia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after the pedestrian was hit on Saturday while officers were responding to a call about an injured child. File/ Global News

HALIFAX- Constable Derek Fish, a member of the Halifax Regional Police has been charged with assault in relation to an August arrest.

Today, Nova Scotia’s independent Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) charged Cst. Fish, 45, with assault in relation to the arrest of a 34-year-old male August 22, 2014 at the Dairy Queen on Dutch Village Road in Halifax for theft from another store.

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The male filed a complain against Cst. Fish in September of 2014. The matter was subsequently referred to SiRT for investigation.

Cst. Fish will  appear in court March 23.

The full report is available at http://sirt.novascotia.ca.

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