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SIU Concludes Norwich Investigation

Thursday, 10 August 2023 05:53

By Kyle Freel @KFreelHeartFM

The SIU will not be charging the Oxford OPP after a 44-year-old man was injured during his arrest on Dufferin Street in Norwich a few months ago.

NORWICH - The Special Investigations Unit is no longer investigating an arrest that took place in Norwich.

The incident started on April 10, 2023, in the afternoon when there was a report that a 44-year-old man was intending to shoot himself. Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a residence on Dufferin Street. 

Officers set up containment around the address and a crisis negotiator was enlisted to attempt to resolve the situation peacefully. As the standoff continued into April 11, 2023, the police decided on a more proactive posture after learning that the man had inflicted cuts to his neck and hands. A team entered the home and encountered the man in the kitchen. 

An officer ordered the man to drop the knife that he was holding and then fired a single round from his Anti-riot Weapon ENfield. The man was struck, he dropped the knife, and was then bit in the shoulder by a police service dog. 

After being arrested, the man was taken to hospital for treatment. 

On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that an officer committed a criminal offense in connection with the man’s arrest and injury. There was no basis for proceeding with criminal charges in this case, and the file has been closed.

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