CALEB NICKERSON
MUN. OF PONTIAC
June 18, 2019
Quebec’s Independent Investigation Bureau (BEI) is looking into the circumstances surrounding an incident in the Municipality of Pontiac on June 18 that resulted in a woman being sent to hospital.
In a release issued the same day, the BEI states that preliminary information leads them to believe the following took place.
At 1:38 p.m., MRC des Collines police received a call regarding a 51-year-old woman who was intoxicated and had allegedly made suicidal remarks.
They arrived at the residence, the location of which the BEI didn’t disclose in their statement, and created a security perimeter. Officers would have attempted to negotiate with the woman and eventually entered the residence at 3:40 p.m., where they found her unconscious. She was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition.
The BEI investigates whenever someone is killed or seriously injured during a police intervention, or while in police custody. Eight of their investigators, along with two forensic technicians from the Sûreté du Québec, will be working to determine whether the intervention took place as reported.
The BEI is asking potential witnesses to contact them through their website: www.bei.gouv.qc.ca.
No further information is available at this time.
