The province’s civilian-led police watchdog says the officer was justified in using her firearm to subdue a man brandishing a knife in Royal Jubilee Hospital’s emergency department
A Victoria police officer was justified in using her firearm to subdue a man brandishing a knife in Royal Jubilee Hospital’s emergency department in 2021, says a ruling by the province’s civilian-led police watchdog.
The incident was filmed on closed-circuit television, and the IIO also used statements from six civilian witnesses, two paramedics, police radio transmissions and the man who was shot in its investigation. The man ignored commands by the security officer to drop the knife. The first VicPD officer arrived with a Taser and radioed the other officer for assistance.
When the man was later interviewed by IIO investigators, he said that he wanted to die and the incident was a suicide attempt. A witness also told the investigators she heard the man say: “I want assisted suicide.”
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