The Special Investigations Unit has cleared a Cornwall Police Service officer of any wrongdoing in the arrest of a man who was injured while being apprehended on the morning of February 20.
The incident occurred when members of the Cornwall Police Service Emergency Response Team convened at a house in the area of McConnell Avenue and Montreal Road.
They had a warrant to enter the house to search for cocaine and fentanyl. A 45-year-old man was present at the time and alerted to the officers’ presence outside the home. He entered the main floor bathroom and attempted to conceal himself behind a sink. The team leader located the man, and positioned him on the floor. The officer dropped his left knee intending to lower himself by his side but inadvertently landed on the man’s back. The impact fractured the man’s left hand, which was underneath his chest at the time. The man was taken into custody and transported to the police station, and later went to hospital.
On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s arrest and injury.
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