The Whitehorse RCMP have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case of a man who claims he was arrested and woke up naked in a police cell with a badly injured shoulder.

Wayne Hare filed the complaint with the police in January 2011.

He did so even though he does not remember that night, after having spent most of the afternoon and evening drinking.

Sgt. Steve Murray with the Lacombe Police Service in Alberta was brought in to investigate Hare's claims.

At a press conference held late Wednesday afternoon in Whitehorse, Murray said he interviewed dozens of people who had interacted with Hare that day. They included RCMP officers, bar patrons, EMS personnel and Whitehorse General Hospital staff.

Murray also reviewed multiple video and audio recordings.

He said his investigation found that at approximately 2 a.m. on Jan. 15, 2011, Hare left a downtown bar .

He arrived at the RCMP detachment 35 minutes later, "stating he simply wanted somewhere warm to sleep for the night.”

The temperature that night was -40 C.

Instead, an officer drove him to the Salvation Army shelter.

"As Mr. Hare started walking towards the door of the Salvation Army, the RCMP officer turned to climb back into his RCMP SUV at which time Mr. Hare turned and ran at the officer and slammed the door on the officer's back,” Murray said.

Hare was arrested, but he resisted, and the two men eventually ended up on the ground. He was then brought back to the detachment.

After being booked into the Whitehorse cell block, Murray said Hare, 50, began taking off his own clothes.

He did so despite repeated instructions from the officers to leave them on.

"Mr. Hare walked into a holding cell and proceeded to violently strike the cell door multiple times with his left arm as well as kicking at the door numerous times,” Murray said.

Clean clothes were provided to Hare. The video surveillance shows he is fully clothed within 32 minutes of removing his own clothes, the officer said.

Following the incident, an x-ray did show a fracture to Hare's upper left arm.

Murray said that fracture appears to have occurred days or weeks before Hare came into contact with the police.

"Despite our extensive efforts, the available evidence cannot establish a definitive cause of a person responsible for Mr. Hare's injury, and due to the fact that Mr. Hare has no recollection of the events of that evening, he is unable to shed any light on what happened.”

Murray said Hare could not remember any trauma happening in the days or weeks leading up to this incident.

Throughout his investigation, Murray said, Hare was co-operative and genuinely wanted to understand what had happened to him that night.

The officer said he believes if Hare was able to see the video surveillance, it would answer many of his questions.

Hare had many opportunities to view the video but declined.

Murray said he hasn't been able to contact Hare for the last few months, and it's likely he doesn't know that the investigation is complete.

A finished report was sent to the Crown prosecutor's office, where no charges were recommended.

"Our investigation and the evidence showed that all members and staff of the RCMP with whom Mr. Hare had dealings the night of Jan. 15, 2011, treated him with respect, courtesy and dignity at all times,” Murray said.

"There is no evidence to support that any member or employee of the RCMP caused the injury to Mr. Hare.”