After a number of months, the Special Investigations Unit has cleared a provincial police officer in reference to a Midland man’s dying.
The director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, stated Tuesday he discovered no cheap grounds to imagine an Ontario Provincial Police officer dedicated a felony offence in reference to the dying of a 45-year-old man final November.
The civilian company, which investigates when folks die or are critically injured throughout police actions, says South Georgian Bay OPP responded to a gun-rated name involving two males in Midland on Oct. 13, 2023.
The police watchdog stated in a launch that officers tried to arrest the person after he brandished an obvious firearm at one other male.
A police service canine was then despatched into the residence earlier than officers entered.
The civilian company reported the canine bit and held the person, permitting him to be taken into custody by officers.
Martino famous that police gave the person ample alternative to give up peacefully and solely despatched within the canine when tried negotiations over greater than 5 hours proved futile.
The man died within the hospital a number of weeks later, on Nov. 5.
Martino stated it remained unclear whether or not and to what extent the police canine chew and the ensuing an infection that set in have been causally associated to the person’s dying.
While the reason for dying will not be but identified, Martino famous he was happy that the canine’s use was moderately essential power.
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