The province’s police watchdog has determined there are no reasonable grounds to believe a St. Thomas Police officer committed a criminal offence while attempting to arrest a man last fall.
On Sept. 26, officers arrested a motorist on Forest Avenue. It was determined he was driving while his license was suspended.
The 51-year-old man threatened both officers, pushed them and resisted while being forced to the ground.
The officers delivered several knee strikes and punches during the struggle.
The man eventually was arrested and taken to hospital.
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, acknowledged the man’s nose was broken during his arrest, but did not accept the injury was attributable to any unlawful conduct by the officer.
The Special Investigations Unit is a civilian law enforcement agency that investigates incidents involving an official where there has been death, serious injury, the discharge of a firearm at a person or an allegation of sexual assault.
You can read the entire decision here.
