The province’s police watchdog says it has found no reasonable grounds to believe three OPP officers committed any criminal offence in connection with the…
According to the Special Investigations Unit report, the incident occurred after the victim failed a breathalyzer at a RIDE check on Highway 401 near Moulinette Road.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Police located the man and ordered him to the ground. He resisted as the three officers removed him from the vehicle. The SIU reported the suspect was unsteady on his feet and fell to the ground, where he was handcuffed.Article content“Officers uncuffed him and placed him in the recovery position,” the report says.“The man was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
While the precise cause of death remains unknown, SIU director Joseph Martino “was reasonably satisfied that the man’s death was not attributable to criminal conduct on the part of the officers involved.”
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