Ontario’s law-enforcement oversight company has concluded its investigation of an incident early this summer season.
On June 22, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers had been in Thedford dealing with a suspected impaired driving incident.
In keeping with the report by the Particular Investigations Unit (SIU), the officers blocked the motive force’s pickup truck with their cruiser, which prompted the motive force to angrily go away the truck and confront the officers. After the officers knowledgeable the 67-year-old man that they had been investigating potential impaired driving, the person tried to return to his automobile. The officers then introduced the person to the bottom.
In the course of the wrestle, one of many officers punched the person within the head earlier than he was handcuffed and delivered to his toes. The person was launched quickly after, however the next day, went to a hospital the place he was recognized with a concussion.
SIU Director Joseph Martino concluded that whereas the person was punched by an officer, it was not completed in a manner that warranted felony charges.
“On this file, I’m unable to fairly conclude {that a} single punch was past the pale. Following the punch, the complainant was handcuffed, and no additional blows had been struck by the officers,” wrote Martino. “For the foregoing causes, there is no such thing as a foundation for continuing with felony charges on this case. The file is closed.”
The SIU is an impartial authorities company that investigates the conduct of officers which will have resulted in dying, critical harm, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at an individual.
