An investigation is underway after an incident at the Kamloops Law Courts landed four deputy sheriffs and a prisoner in hospital.

BCGEU spokesman Dean Purdy told Kamloops this Week the incident took place in the late afternoon on Wednesday as an inmate was being searched in the courthouse香蕉视频直播檚 cellblock.

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Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said Mounties were called at just before 5 p.m.

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The sheriff exposed to the prisoner香蕉视频直播檚 bodily fluids will undergo further treatment as a precaution, Purdy said, noting investigations are likely to come from police, WorkSafe BC and a joint accident investigation under occupational health and safety regulations.