Police have apologised after a nurse was handcuffed outdoors a kids’s hospital.
The medic was detained outdoors Royal Manchester Kids’s Hospital on suspicion of obstructing an officer final Saturday.
Onlookers had been left ‘horrified’ as the lady was ‘berated’ after which restrained, with the cuffs inflicting accidents to her wrist.
It adopted a ‘disagreement’ over the welfare of a teenage woman who had been reported lacking.
Police have apologised to the medic after she was detained earlier than being ‘de-arrested’ minutes later.
The officer concerned has been taken away from frontline duties whereas an investigation is carried out.
Officers needed to ‘be certain that she was protected and nicely’, Better Manchester Police mentioned in an announcement.
Police have additionally apologised to senior hospital leaders for the ‘disappointing approach this incident escalated’.
A grievance has been made to the police skilled requirements department. GMP has additionally made a referral to the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct following the incident.
Assistant Chief Constable Wasim Chaudhry mentioned: ‘We’ve apologised to a nurse and her colleagues for the comprehensible concern and misery brought about after an officer handcuffed the nurse throughout an arrest outdoors Royal Manchester Kids’s Hospital on Saturday afternoon.
‘Our Skilled Requirements Directorate has obtained a grievance and we’ve taken the arresting officer away from frontline duties whereas we conduct preliminary enquiries – together with reviewing full body-worn footage of the incident. We’re additionally making a referral to the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct.
‘The arrest was made on suspicion of obstructing an officer following a disagreement about the perfect plan of action for the welfare of a teenage woman – who had earlier been reported lacking, and we needed to make sure she was protected and nicely.
‘The nurse was de-arrested by a second officer minutes later, and a senior officer has since spoken on to her and senior leaders on the hospital to apologise for the alarming and disappointing approach this incident escalated.
‘Day by day we work carefully with all companions within the well being service throughout Better Manchester to assist and defend these most in want, and this incident is just not reflective of the robust partnership working we advocate each day.’
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