The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) says a Vancouver Police Department officer did not commit an offence during a confrontation with a man that resulted in a broken leg.

According to the IIO’s report, officers encountered the man downtown on the evening of Jan. 25.

The officers allege that the man — who later told investigators that he had consumed about 10 alcoholic beverages at the time — made several sexual comments toward one of them. That officer told the man to “keep walking” and leave the area.

One of the other officers reported stepping in after he saw the man “draw back a fist as if intending to punch” the officer who was the subject of the investigation, according to the report.

The man was then taken to the ground, officers say.

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