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Police to Investigate Arrest of 17 Year Old in Scarborough

The arrest of a 17 year old boy in Scarborough on Friday has been referred to North Yorkshire Police’s Professional Standards Department.

The teenager was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two police officers who were carrying out enquiries.

The North Yorkshire force say the incident, part of which was filmed on a mobile phone and footage circulated online,

"has been referred to North Yorkshire Police’s Professional Standards Department as a matter of course so the full circumstances surrounding the incident can be investigated."

The arrest happened at 9.10pm on Eastborough on Friday, 3 September. Officers were responding to a report of a 17 year old boy missing from home.

Footage of the incident was circulating on social media, over the weekend officers investigating the incident were asking anyone with any footage, or anyone who witnessed the incident, to get in touch.

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