Police officer may be disciplined for lack of warrant, not for injury after struggle in home

The Serious Incident Response Team is referring the case of a Halifax police officer back to the force for possible disciplinary action.

The recommendation from the independent investigative agency comes after it looked into an incident last July involving the arrest of a 33-year-old man in Dartmouth.

The team says police went to a home after learning that a man was breaching a court-ordered house arrest and had gone to another residence.

Officers went to the other home and one entered the apartment, where he found the man hiding in the bedroom and arrested him following a brief struggle.

The team says the man later complained of an injury to his hand and was taken to hospital, where it was determined he had fractured a bone in his wrist.

Investigators say there was no evidence the officer used excessive force, but it found he did not have a warrant to enter the apartment.