Saanich police officer's actions in 2022 standoff cleared, but criticized by IIO
Posted: Mar. 16, 2023 7:13PMThe Independent Investigations Office has cleared a Saanich police officer of any criminal offence after he unleashed a canine unit on a man with Asperger’s Syndrome in a confrontation last year.
When he finally relented and descended the steps, he defied officers’ commands to lie down. In response, one officer fired two plastic projectiles from an anti-riot weapon, while another released his police dog. The canine attack left the man with serious injuries to his arm. “Once he came down the steps he was no longer within reach of its suspected hiding place in the mailbox; and if the hammer were tucked down the back of his pants it would not have been easy for him to reach for it and wield it against officers, who might have simply stepped forward and taken him by the arms,” write MacDOnald.An officer’s response to a question from the police watchdog about the belief the man was armed was described as indirect, MacDonald said.
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