Following a standoff in Seaforth on Friday, the province’s police watch canine is investigating an officer’s conduct.
At roughly 3:30 p.m., the Particular Investigations Unit (SIU) says that officers had been referred to as to a residence the place it was reported {that a} man was in misery.
Disaster negotiators tried to barter with the person, who was believed to have a knife.
Police entered the residence and positioned the person, and an officer discharged his Anti-riot Weapon ENfield (ARWEN) twice on the man earlier than he was apprehended underneath the Psychological Well being Act.
The person was taken to hospital the place he was not discovered to have suffered any severe accidents within the confrontation.
The SIU investigates when a member of the general public is harm or killed in a confrontation with police.
The Psychological Well being Act units out the powers and obligations of psychiatric services in Ontario, in addition to outlining the powers of police in making orders for people that meet sure standards to bear psychiatric examination.
