Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after a West Hants RCMP officer allegedly struck a "vulnerable female youth" multiple times. 

Preliminary information suggests the incident took place on March 8 after a struggle ensued while the officer and a colleague were moving the young woman into a police cell, SIRT said in a news release on Monday.

"The youth struck one of the officers, and one of the officers struck the youth multiple times," the release said. 

RCMP Superintende…