A cellblock video that shows the treatment of an Ottawa woman who claims she was mistreated and injured by Ottawa police is expected to be released to the media on Thursday.
Roxanne Carr alleges police broke her arm, banged her head against the floor and left her naked in a cell when she was arrested in August 2008.
Carr was arrested because of a complaint made by a man. No charges were laid in connection with that matter.
However, Carr was charged with assaulting police, obstructing police and damaging property. Those charges were dropped in April.
The media fought to have the video of Carr's detainment released. Last week, a judge agreed, saying it was in the public's interest to release the cellblock footage.
But after the judge made his decision it was soon found that the video was missing from the court file.
Police had argued against the release of the video, but decided not to appeal the judge's decision.
Acting Chief Gilles Larochelle announced Wednesday that police would comply with the judge's order by making a copy of the video from the original images stored on a digital hard drive.
Larochelle said he is "satisfied that the cellblock officers handled the custody of Roxanne Carr with the utmost professionalism, especially when faced with a crisis in the cell."
But Carr's lawyer says he has no idea what "crisis" Larochelle is referring to.
"This is not the first line of defence for police. The first defence was to fight any release of videotape and you can draw your own conclusions from why they'd do that," said lawyer Mark Ertel.
Ertel says Carr is relieved the video is being released. She's convinced once the public sees it, they'll agree that she was mistreated.
Carr's arrest happened just two weeks before Stacy Bonds was mistreated by Ottawa police. A judge released cellblock video of her treatment last fall.
The case led to one of the officers, Sgt. Steve Desjourdy, being charged with sexual assault. Desjourdy is also linked to the Carr case.
With a report from CTV Ottawa's Joanne Schnurr
