RCMP investigate after corrections officer hurt in NSCC altercation

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An RCMP patrol vehicle. (CKLB file photo.)

Posted By: May 30, 2019

CKLB has learned that RCMP are investigating after a corrections officer went to hospital following an altercation at the North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) in Yellowknife on Tuesday.

According to an email sent to CKLB on Thursday, Yellowknife RCMP were called to NSCC following an incident between an inmate and a corrections officer about 3:40 pm on Tuesday.

RCMP state that the corrections officer sustained non-life threatening injuries and received treatment at Stanton Territorial Hospital.

Neither the officer nor the inmate have been identified.

They add that no charges have been laid and state the incident is currently under investigation and therefore they say they cannot comment any further.

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.

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