B.C. police watchdog called in after man injured during arrest by Port Alberni RCMP

SURREY — The Independent Investigations Office of BC says it has been called in to probe an arrest in Port Alberni that left a man with serious injuries last weekend.

The office says in a statement that Mounties were called on Dec. 20 to a home on Beaver Creek Road about a harassment complaint.

It says an officer was combing the neighbourhood and encountered a man and his dog, but they were not associated with the harassment call.

The statement says there was a “physical interaction” between the man, his dog and the officer before the man was arrested.