Newfoundland and Labrador’s Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates complaints against police, has dismissed a case in which a woman claims she was injured while in police custody in Labrador.

The woman was removed from a residence in the Happy Valley-Goose Bay area last March to the holding cells where she was combative. She admitted in her claim that she had consumed alcohol and cannabis prior to her interaction with RCMP officers, and was unable to clearly recall all of the circumstances that led to police intervention.

She told SIRT-NL that she was upset and intoxicated, and had resisted officers’ attempts to place her in a cell. She said she was hanging onto a cell door when an officer kicked her in the back of the leg, causing her knee to dislocate, resulting in significant pain.

More over, she said the officer laughed, and that RCMP declined to call for emergency medical assistance.

Stephen Ring, the director of the agency, found that the video recordings and witness testimony did not support the allegations that she was kicked, or that officers laughed at her. He also found that there was no delay in obtaining medical attention.