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Brandon, Man. officers oblige after woman calls police to request her own arrest

A 28-year-old woman has a court a date after police in Brandon say she called police and asked to be arrested for breaching her curfew. Kurt Brownridge / Global News

Police say they did what they were asked when a woman called and requested to be arrested in Brandon, Man., this week.

The woman was at a motel on 18th Street North when police say she gave them a call Wednesday.

According to police, the woman said she had seen police in the area earlier for an unrelated matter, and wasn’t feeling safe.

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She then asked to be arrested for breaching her curfew, police say.

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“Police obliged and arrested the intoxicated female for Failing to Comply with a Release Order,” investigators said in a media release.

A 28-year-old woman was lodged at Brandon police headquarters and was scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

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