SIU investigating after police fire anti-riot gun at woman in crisis outside Whitby library
CTVnews.ca TORONTO — The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances that led to a police officer firing a less-lethal plastic projectile at a woman outside a library in Whitby on Saturday night. Durham Regional Police say that at 6:40 p.m. Saturday, they were called to Dundas Street, between Euclid and Kent streets, […]
‘Person in crisis’ taken into custody following 3-day incident in Brantford
The SIU says at one point the man approached police holding a sword and knife CBC News · Posted: Apr 08, 2021 9:38 AM ET | Last Updated: April 8 Brantford police say a man was taken into custody and transported to hospital following a three-day incident that ended Wednesday afternoon. (Brantford Police/Facebook) Ontario’s Special […]
‘Objectively reasonable’: Lethal force justified in police shooting of Ejaz Choudry: SIU
The Toronto Sun Taser, ARWEN rounds failed to stop advance of armed 62-year-old man, report states Author of the article:Bryan PassifiumePublished Apr 06, 2021 • 2 minute read Ontario’s police watchdog found no basis for criminal charges in the shooting of a 62-year-old man by Peel police in Malton last June. In his report issued Tuesday, Special Investigations Unit […]
RCMP report suggests police use of less-lethal weapons is on the rise across Canada
Original Content: Check News – Rebecca Lawrence The police use of less-lethal weapons is on the rise across Canada, according to a report from the RCMP. A less-lethal ARWEN weapon was used on Saturday by Victoria Police, who were apprehending a man who had allegedly just robbed a nearby pharmacy after telling the staff that he […]
Armed-robbery suspect taken down with ‘less lethal’ launcher
Times Colonist Victoria police used an ARWEN launcher to take an armed-robbery suspect into custody Saturday. ARWEN is an acronym for Anti-Riot Weapon ENfield and fires “less lethal” rounds made from materials such as foam or wood. Victoria police used an ARWEN launcher to take an armed-robbery suspect into custody Saturday. ARWEN is an acronym […]
Armed-robbery suspect taken down with ‘less lethal’ launcher
Victoria police used an ARWEN launcher to take an armed-robbery suspect into custody Saturday. ARWEN is an acronym for Anti-Riot Weapon ENfield and fires “less lethal” rounds made from materials such as foam or wood. Darron Kloster – Times Colonist Victoria police used an ARWEN launcher to take an armed-robbery suspect into custody Saturday. ARWEN […]
Montreal police SWAT team member acquitted in death of Bony Jean-Pierre
“When you try to hit someone in the hip and, instead, you hit him in the head — it’s not a good day,” Christian Gilbert said after 2016 incident. Paul Cherry – Montreal Gazette A Quebec Court judge ruled Thursday that a Montreal police SWAT team member did not use excessive force when he killed […]
Sault Ste. Marie OPP Cleared
SUDBURY — Ontario Provincial Police in Sault Ste. Marie have been cleared in a January incident where a less-lethal weapon was fired at a violent suspect who came at them with a knife. The weapon, known as the ARWEN, fires foam or wooden projectiles at suspects in an attempt to subdue them without causing serious […]