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A six-year veteran of the Calgary Police Service has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with a violent arrest from 2015.

Calgary police Insp. Ryan Ayliffe said the front-line patrol officer is on administrative leave after a May 2015 incident left one man with serious head injuries. Ayliffe said the officer has not been identified by police because he was “in the execution of his duties” during the incident.

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Police said in a release Friday the incident involved an altercation between the member and a suspect who had been placed under arrest in connection with a downtown robbery.

The altercation occurred in a parking lot as the suspect was being transferred from a police vehicle to the CPS Court Services Section building, resulting in the man being thrown to the ground while handcuffed.

Ayliffe said the man received serious head injuries in the scuffle was taken to hospital where he recovered, but the man died some time later in an “unrelated” event.

“From the injuries he received that day, he recovered,”Ayliffe said. “After that, he passed away as a result of a different event.”

Ayliffe said the charged officer was involved with the transport of the victim.

The deceased man was charged with one count of break and enter and three counts of breach of a recognizance order.